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Franklin's letters, so numerous and so witty, cover all periods of his life. His electrical experiments and theories were all announced in this form. His letters written home from England before the Revolution are delightful reading. FRANKLIN'S LETTERS SO NUMEROUS AND SO WITTY COVER ALL PERIODS OF HIS LIFE HIS ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTS AND THE THEORIES WERE ALL ANNOUNCED IN THIS FORM HIS LETTERS WRITTEN HOME FROM ENGLAND BEFORE THE REVOLUTION ARE DELIGHTFUL READING
of shrewd reasoning and common sense--qualities that are conspicuous in all his future writings. Franklin’s newspaper articles were a splendid preparation for his political work. Franklin was very fond of paraphrasing the Bible in a humorous way, and fond of hoaxes, like the “Edict of the King of Prussia,” in which he made Frederick the Great claim a right to the Kingdom of Great Britain, because the British Isles were originally Anglo-Saxon colonies; and, having reached a flourishing condition, deserved to be levied upon. Franklin greatly enjoyed seeing the English take this seriously. It was copied widely. So was another satire of 1773, called “Rules for Reducing a Great Empire to a Small One,” descriptive of the British government. While in France his pen was always busy. Many of his letters were practically essays. For Madame Brillon the “Ephemera,” the “Morals of Chess,” “Dialogue between Franklin and the Gout,” “Story of the Whistle,” and “Petition of the Left Hand” were written. E PAPERS ARE FULL OF SHREWD REASONING AND COMMON SENSE QUALITIES THAT ARE CONSPICUOUS IN ALL HIS FUTURE WRITINGS FRANKLIN'S NEWSPAPER ARTICLES WERE A SPLENDID PREPARATION FOR HIS POLITICAL WORK FRANKLIN WAS VERY FOND OF PARAPHRASING THE BIBLE IN A HUMOROUS WAY AND FOND OF HOAXES LIKE THE EDICT OF THE KING OF PRUSSIA IN WHICH HE MADE FREDERICK THE GREAT CLAIM A RIGHT TO THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN BECAUSE THE BRITISH ISLES WERE ORIGINALLY ANGLO SAXON COLONIES AND HAVING REACHED A FLOURISHING CONDITION DESERVED TO BE LEVIED UPON FRANKLIN GREATLY ENJOYED SEEING THE ENGLISH TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY IT WAS COPIED WIDELY SO WAS ANOTHER SATIRE OF SEVENTEEN SEVENTY THREE CALLED RULES FOR REDUCING A GREAT EMPIRE TO A SMALL ONE DESCRIPTIVE OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WHILE IN FRANCE HIS PEN WAS ALWAYS BUSY MANY OF HIS LETTERS WERE PRACTICALLY ESSAYS FOR MADAME BOULEON THE EPHEMERA THE MORALS OF CHESS DIALOGUE BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND THE GOUT STORY OF THE WHISTLE AND PETITION OF THE LEFT HAND WERE WRITTEN
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