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1、TheAutobiographyofBenjaminFranklinChapterOneTheAuthor'sReasonsforundertakingthepresentWork---ADissertationuponVanity---SomeAccountofhisAncestors---HediscoversthatheistheyoungestSonoftheyoungestSonforfiveGenerations---YoungFranklinisatfirstdestinedfortheChurch---HisFa
2、thersoonaftertakeshimfromSchoolandemplyshimasanAssistantinmakingCandles,Etc.---HeisdesirousofbeingaSailor---SomeAccountofhisyouthfulFrolicks---BecomesgreatlyattachedtoBooks---IsboundApprenticetoaPrinter---BeginstostudyComposition---AdoptsavegetableRegimen---Andisextr
3、emelyfondofDisputation.TWYFORD,attheBishopofSt.Asaph's,1771Dearson:Ihaveeverhadpleasureinobtaininganylittleanecdotesofmyancestors.YoumayremembertheinquiriesImadeamongtheremainsofmyrelationswhenyouwerewithmeinEngland,andthejourneyIundertookforthatpurpose.Imaginingitma
4、ybeequallyagreeableto(1)youtoknowthecircumstancesofmylife,manyofwhichyouareyetunacquaintedwith,andexpectingtheenjoymentofaweek'suninterruptedleisureinmypresentcountryretirement,Isitdowntowritethemforyou.TowhichIhavebesidessomeotherinducements.Havingemergedfromthepove
5、rtyandobscurityinwhichIwasbornandbred,toastateofaffluenceandsomedegreeofreputationintheworld,andhavinggonesofarthroughlifewithaconsiderableshareoffelicity,theconducingmeansImadeuseof,whichwiththeblessingofGodsowellsucceeded,myposteritymayliketoknow,astheymayfindsomeo
6、fthemsuitabletotheirownsituations,andthereforefittobeimitated.Thatfelicity,whenIreflectedonit,hasinducedmesometimestosay,thatwereitofferedtomychoice,Ishouldhavenoobjectiontoarepetitionofthesamelifefromitsbeginning,onlyaskingtheadvantagesauthorshaveinasecondeditiontoc
7、orrectsomefaultsofthefirst.SoImight,besidescorrectingthefaults,changesomesinisteraccidentsandeventsofitforothersmorefavorable.Butthoughthisweredenied,Ishouldstillaccepttheoffer.Sincesucharepetitionisnottobeexpected,thenextthingmostlikelivingone'slifeoveragainseemstob
8、earecollectionofthatlife,andtomakethatrecollectionasdurableaspossiblebyputtingitdowninwriting.Hereby,too,Ishallindulgetheinclinatio
