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What were the characteristics and the tastes, and what was the disposition and the appearance of the extraordinary personage who accomplished all these things? These are questions that are naturally asked. WHAT WERE THE CHARACTERISTICS AND THE TASTES AND WHAT WAS THE DISPOSITION AND THE APPEARANCE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY PERSONAGE WHO ACCOMPLISHED ALL THESE THINGS THESE ARE QUESTIONS THAT ARE NATURALLY ASKED
 was he all of these things, more than creditably, but he took rank among the greatest minds of the highly educated and scientific Eighteenth Century. This was a period of original investigation: much “new thought” of all kinds was coming into the world, and Franklin’s mind was exactly the type of mind that was characteristic of this age--particularly in France. Apart from his genial personality and his talent for always doing the right thing and the popular thing socially, his scientific and philosophical tastes were precisely those in fashion in France. How did this man attain to such power and eminence? At twenty-three he was half-educated and crude. At forty he was known as one of the most famous scientists of the day and a brilliant writer; and before he was fifty he had received the Copley medal from the Royal Society; the freedom of the City of Edinburgh; LL.D. from the University of St. Andrews; degrees from Harvard, Yale, and William and Mary; and, in 1762, D.C.L. from Oxford. T ONLY WAS HE ALL OF THESE THINGS MORE THAN CREDITABLY BUT HE TOOK RANK AMONG THE GREATEST MINDS OF THE HIGHLY EDUCATED AND SCIENTIFIC EIGHTEENTH CENTURY THIS WAS A PERIOD OF ORIGINAL INVESTIGATION MUCH NEW THOUGHT OF ALL KINDS WAS COMING INTO THE WORLD AND FRANKLIN'S MIND WAS EXACTLY THE TYPE OF MIND THAT WAS CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS AGE PARTICULARLY IN FRANCE APART FROM HIS GENIAL PERSONALITY AND HIS TALENT FOR ALWAYS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THE POPULAR THING SOCIALLY HIS SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL TASTES WERE PRECISELY THOSE IN FASHION IN FRANCE HOW DID THIS MAN ATTAIN TO SUCH POWER AND EMINENCE AT TWENTY THREE HE WAS HALF EDUCATED AND CRUDE AT FORTY HE WAS KNOWN AS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS SCIENTISTS OF THE DAY AND A BRILLIANT WRITER AND BEFORE HE WAS FIFTY HE HAD RECEIVED THE COPLEY MEDAL FROM THE ROYAL SOCIETY THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY OF EDINBURGH L L D FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SAINT ANDREW'S DEGREES FROM HARVARD YALE AND WILLIAM AND MARY AND IN SEVENTEEN SIXTY TWO D C L FROM OXFORD
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