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"It was quite common a hundred years ago," writes a biographer, "to charge Franklin with being a plagiarist. IT WAS QUITE COMMON A HUNDRED YEARS AGO WRITES A BIOGRAPHER TO CHARGE FRANKLIN WITH BEING A PLAGIARIST
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. 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. “Poor Richard” was a real creation. The character made Franklin known in England and France before he lived in those countries. AIM 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 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 POOR RICHARD WAS A REAL CREATION THE CHARACTER MADE FRANKLIN KNOWN IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE BEFORE HE LIVED IN THOSE COUNTRIES
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