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1、OnLearningHowtoWriteTheallusionsmaybeobscure,thestyleantiquated—afterall,Franklinwrotethisover200yearsago—butit’sstillclearandvigorouswriting.AndwhatFranklinsaysaboutlearningtowritehasbeenprovedbyexperience,forhedidwork—andwrite—hiswaytofame.Whynottrythismethodyourself?FromachildIwasfondofre
2、ading,andallthelittlemoneythatcameintomyhandswaseverlaidoutinbooks.PleasedwiththePilgrim’sProgress,myfirstcollectionwasofJohnBunyan’sworksinseparatelittlevolumes.IafterwardsoldthemtoenablemetobuyR.Burton’sHistoricalCollections;theyweresmallchapmen’sbooks,andcheap,fortyorfiftyinall.Myfather’s
3、littlelibraryconsistedchieflyofbooksinpolemicdivinity,mostofwhichIread,andhavesinceoftenregrettedthat,atatimewhenIhadsuchathirstforknowledge,moreproperbookshadnotfalleninmyway,sinceitwasnowresolvedIshouldnotbeaclergyman.Plutarch’sLivestherewasinwhichIreadabundantly,andIstillthinkthattimespen
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5、andwhofrequentedourprinting-house,tooknoticeofme,invitedmetohislibrary,andverykindlylentmesuchbooksasIchosetoread.Inowtookafancytopoetry,andmadesomelittlepieces;mybrother,thinkingitmightturntoaccount,encouragedme,andputmeoncomposingoccasionalballads.OnewascalledTheLighthouseTragedyandcontain
6、edanaccountofthedrowningofCaptainWorthilake,withhistwodaughters;theotherwasasailor’ssong,onthetakingofTeach(orBlackbeard),thepirate.Theywerewretchedstuff,intheGrubStreetballadstyle;andwhentheywereprintedhesentmeaboutthetowntosellthem.Thefirstsoldwonderfully,theeventbeingrecent,havingmadeagre
7、atnoise.Thisflatteredmyvanity;butmyfatherdiscouragedmebyridiculingmyperformances,andtellingmeverse-makersweregenerallybeggars.SoIescapedbeingapoet,mostprobablyaverybadone;butasprosewritinghasbeenofgreatusetomeinthecourseofmy1ife,andwasaprincipalmea