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1、TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinwithintroductionandnoteseditedbyCharlesW.EliotisapublicationofthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.ThisPortableDocumentfileisfurnishedfreeandwithoutanychargeofanykind.Anypersonusingthisdocumentfile,foranypurpose,andinanywaydoessoathisorherownrisk.
2、NeitherthePennsylvaniaStateUniversitynorJimManis,FacultyEditor,noranyoneassociatedwiththePennsylvaniaStateUniversityassumesanyresponsibilityforthematerialcontainedwithinthedocumentorforthefileasanelectronictransmission,inanyway.TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinwithintroduct
3、ionandnoteseditedbyCharlesW.Eliot,thePennsylva-niaStateUniversity,JimManis,FacultyEditor,Hazleton,PA18201-1291isaPortableDocumentFileproducedaspartofanongoingstudentpublicationprojecttobringclassicalworksofliterature,inEnglish,tofreeandeasyaccessofthosewishingtomakeuseofthem
4、,andassuchisapartofthePennsylvaniaStateUniversitysElectronicClassicsSeries.Coverdesign:JimManisCopyright©1998ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityisanequalopportunityUniversity.TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinTHEAUTOBIOGRAPHYOFworkasaprinter,butafter
5、afewmonthshewasinducedbyGovernorKeithtogotoLondon,where,findingKeith’sprom-BENJAMINFRANKLINisesempty,heagainworkedasacompositortillhewasbroughtbacktoPhiladelphiabyamerchantnamedDenman,WITHINTRODUCTIONANDNOTESEDITEDwhogavehimapositioninhisbusiness.OnDenman’sdeathBYCHARLESW.EL
6、IOT,L.L.D.,hereturnedtohisformertrade,andshortlysetupaprint-P.F.COLLIER&SONCOMPANY,NEWYORKinghouseofhisownfromwhichhepublished“ThePennsyl-(1909)vaniaGazette,”towhichhecontributedmanyessays,andwhichhemadeamediumforagitatingavarietyoflocalINTRODUCTORYNOTEreforms.In1732hebegant
7、oissuehisfamous“PoorRichard’sAlmanac”fortheenrichmentofwhichheborrowedorcom-BenjaminFranklinwasborninMilkStreet,Boston,onJanu-posedthosepithyutterancesofworldlywisdomwhichareary6,1706.Hisfather,JosiahFranklin,wasatallowchan-thebasisofalargepartofhispopularreputation.In1758,d
8、lerwhomarriedtwice,andofhisseventeenchildrenBen-theyearinwhichheceaseswriti
