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But the work shall not be lost; For it will (as he believed) appear once more In a new and more elegant edition Revised and corrected by The Author Franklin's grandson, William Temple Franklin, who claimed to have the original _Ms_, said the date upon it was 1728. BUT THE WORK SHALL NOT BE LOST FOR IT WILL AS HE BELIEVED APPEAR ONCE MORE IN A NEW AND MORE ELEGANT EDITION REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR FRANKLIN'S GRANDSON WILLIAM TEMPLE FRANKLIN WHO CLAIMED TO HAVE THE ORIGINAL MS SAID THE DATE UPON IT WAS SEVE
l ever published in America--Richardson’s “Pamela” (1744). Franklin’s tremendous industry and his general thrift made him successful enough to retire at the age of forty-two. Then came a brief interval, before his political career began in earnest, during which he lived “more like a man of taste and a scholar accustomed to cultured surroundings than a self-made man who had battled for years with the material world.” The year 1748, though marking the end of Franklin’s career as active printer, did not terminate his interest in the setting of type and issuing his writings from his own press. Even in Passy, when in the midst of his busy diplomatic duties, he had a printing-press of his own from which he issued those “bagatelles” that so charmed the French ladies of his acquaintance. Cleverly the printer speaks in the famous epitaph: The Body of Benjamin Franklin Printer (Like the cover of an old book Its contents torn out And stript of its lettering and gilding) Lies here, food for worms. UBLISHED IN AMERICA RICHARDSON'S PAMELA SEVENTEEN FORTY FOUR FRANKLIN'S TREMENDOUS INDUSTRY AND HIS GENERAL THRIFT MADE HIM SUCCESSFUL ENOUGH TO RETIRE AT THE AGE OF FORTY TWO THEN CAME A BRIEF INTERVAL BEFORE HIS POLITICAL CAREER BEGAN IN EARNEST DURING WHICH HE LIVED MORE LIKE A MAN OF TASTE AND A SCHOLAR ACCUSTOMED TO CULTURED SURROUNDINGS THAN A SELF MADE MAN WHO HAD BATTLED FOR YEARS WITH THE MATERIAL WORLD THE YEAR SEVENTEEN FORTY EIGHT THOUGH MARKING THE END OF FRANKLIN'S CAREER AS ACTIVE PRINTER DID NOT TERMINATE HIS INTEREST IN THE SETTINGS OF TYPE AND ISSUING HIS WRITINGS FROM HIS OWN PRESS EVEN IN PASSI WHEN IN THE MIDST OF HIS BUSY DIPLOMATIC DUTIES HE HAD A PRINTING PRESS OF HIS OWN FROM WHICH HE ISSUED THOSE BAGATELLS THAT SO CHARM THE FRENCH LADIES OF HIS ACQUAINTANCE CLEVERLY THE PRINTER SPEAKS IN THE FAMOUS EPITAPH THE BODY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PRINTER LIKE THE COVER OF AN OLD BOOK ITS CONTENTS TORN OUT AND STRIPPED OF ITS LETTERING AND GILDING LIES HERE FOOD FOR WORMS
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