Benjamin Franklin a book for the Young And the Old for All
Benjamin Franklin a book for the Young And the Old for All
Samuel Hutchins
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Inscribed upon a stone at the southeast corner of the building contain- ing the library are words to this effect : Be it remembered, in honor of the Philadelphia youth, that they cheerfully, at the instance of Benjamin Franklin, one of their number, instituted the Phil- adelphia Library, which, though small at first, is become highly valuable and extensively useful. In reading the voluminous writings of Benja- min Franklin, one cannot but admire his prolific genius, his desire to project scheme...s for the PUBLIC GOOD. Had he pursued the business of a tallow-chandler, instead of learning to set types and work at the press, it is quite probable he would have enlightened the world by his genius ; for a daughter. His son was royal governor of New Jersey before the Devolution, and died in England. The daugh- ter married a gentleman of Philadelphia, and their de- scendants are among the first families of that city. At the age of sixty-two, Franklin, in a letter to a friend, on early marriages, said, " I am rather inclined to think that early ones stand the best chance of happi- ness.
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