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But 'Poor Richard' changed and re wrote them to suit his purpose, and gave most of them a far wider circulation than they had before." BUT POOR RICHARD CHANGED AND REWROTE THEM TO SUIT HIS PURPOSE AND GAVE MOST OF THEM A FAR WIDER CIRCULATION THAN THEY HAD BEFORE
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. “It was quite common a hundred years ago,” writes a biographer, “to charge Franklin with being a plagiarist. It is true that the sayings of ‘Poor Richard,’ and a great deal that went to make up the almanac, were taken from Rabelais, Bacon, Rochefoucault, Roy Palmer, and others. 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 IT WAS QUITE COMMON A HUNDRED YEARS AGO WRITES A BIOGRAPHER TO CHARGE FRANKLIN WITH BEING A PLAGIARIST IT IS TRUE THAT THE SAYINGS OF POOR RICHARD AND A GREAT DEAL OF WHAT WENT TO MAKE UP THE ALMANAC WERE TAKEN FROM RABELAIS BACON RUSH FOR CO ROY PALMER AND OTHERS
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