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1、BenjaminFranklin:TheAutobiographyForwhatpurposedidhewritehisAutobiography?1,DearSon,IhaveeverhadaPleasureinobtaininganylittleAnecdotesofmyAncestors.YoumayremembertheEnquiriesImadeamongtheRemainsofmyRelationswhenyouwerewithmeinEngland;andthejourneyItookforthatpurpose
2、.NowimaginingitmaybeequallyagreeabletoyoutoknowtheCircumstancesofmyLife,manyofwhichyouareyetunacquaintedwith;andexpectingaWeeksuninterruptedLeisureinmypresentCountryRetirement,Isitdowntowritethemforyou.(interestingenealogy)2,Besides,therearesomeotherinducementsthate
3、xcitemetothisundertaking.FromthepovertyandobscurityinwhichIwasborn,andinwhichIpassedmyearliestyears,Ihaveraisedmyselftoastateofaffluenceandsomeofcelebrityintheworld.Asconstantgoodfortunehasaccompaniedmeeventoanadvancedperiodoflife,myposteritywillperhapsbedesirousofl
4、earningthemeanswhichIemployed,andwhich,thankstoProvidence,sowellsucceededwithme.Theymayalsodeemthemfittobeimitated,shouldanyofthemfindthemselvesinsimilarcircumstances.(toinstructposterity)3,ThatFelicity,whenIreflectedonit,hasinduc'dmesometimestosay,thatwereitoffer'd
5、tomyChoice,IshouldhavenoObjectiontoaRepetitionofthesameLifefromitsBeginning,onlyaskingtheAdvantageAuthorshaveinasecondEditiontocorrectsomeFaultsofthefirst.SowouldIifImight,besidescorrectingtheFaults,changesomesinisterAccidents&Eventsofitforothersmorefavourable,butth
6、o'thisweredeny'd,IshouldstillaccepttheOffer.However,sincesuchaRepetitionisnottobeexpected,theThingmostlikelivingone'sLifeoveragain,seemstobeaRecollectionofthatLife;andtomakethatRecollectionasdurableaspossible,theputtingitdowninWriting.(Toenjoylivinghislifeagain)4,In
7、thusemployingmyself,Ishallyieldtotheinclinationsonaturaltooldmen,oftalkingofthemselvesandtheirownactions;andIshallindulgeitwithoutbeingtiresometothosewho,fromrespecttomyage,mightconceivethemselvesobligedtolistentome,sincetheywillbealwaysfreetoreadmeornot.(writingthe
8、autobiographywouldbeharmless)5,And,lastly(Imayaswellconfessit,asthedenialofitwouldbebelievedbynobody),Ishall,perhaps,notalittlegratifymyow
