1Silence Dogood, No. 4, 14 May 1722 (Franklin Papers)
lent the Lubbers a helping Hand, and sat them in the Eye of the World, upon a Level with themselves.
2Silence Dogood, No. 5, 28 May 1722 (Franklin Papers)
“I have (says he) often thought of it as one of the most barbarous Customs in the World, considering us as a civiliz’d and Christian Country, that we deny the Advantages of Learning to Women. We reproach the Sex every Day with Folly and Impertinence, while I am confident, had they the Advantages of...
3Silence Dogood, No. 6, 11 June 1722 (Franklin Papers)
fancies himself conquering the World; and the Inhabitants thereof consulting on proper Methods to acknowledge his Merit. I speak it to my Shame, I my self was a Queen from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Year of my Age, and govern’d the World all the Time of my being govern’d by my Master. But this speculative Pride may be the Subject of another Letter: I shall at present confine my Thoughts...
4Silence Dogood, No. 7, 25 June 1722 (Franklin Papers)
...extraordinary of this Kind is produc’d among us: Upon which Consideration I have determined, when I meet with a Good Piece of New-England Poetry, to give it a suitable Encomium, and thereby endeavour to discover to the World some of its Beautys, in order to encourage the Author to go on, and bless the World with more, and more Excellent Productions.
5Silence Dogood, No. 14, 8 October 1722 (Franklin Papers)
...knows what his Neighbour means when he says such a one is for or against the Church. It has happen’d that he who is seen every Day at Church, has not been counted in the Eye of the World a Churchman; and he who is very zealous to oblige every one to frequent it but himself, has been a very good Son of the Church. This Praepossession is the best Handle imaginable for Politicians to make...
6The Printer to the Reader, 11 February 1723 (Franklin Papers)
...to let a Paper pass without a Latin Motto if we can possibly pick one up, which carries a Charm in it to the Vulgar, and the learned admire the pleasure of Construing. We should have obliged the World with a Greek scrap or two, but the Printer has no Types, and therefore we intreat the candid Reader not to impute the defect to our Ignorance, for our Doctor can say all the Greek Letters by...
7On Titles of Honor, 18 February 1723 (Franklin Papers)
...is nothing in which Mankind reproach themselves more than in their Diversity of Opinions. Every Man sets himself above another in his own Opinion, and there are not two Men in the World whose Sentiments are alike in every thing. Hence it comes to pass, that the same Passages in the Holy Scriptures or the Works of the Learned, are wrested to the meaning of two opposite Parties, of contrary...
8A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, 1725 (Franklin Papers)
...purpose, Franklin explained in brief summary to Benjamin Vaughan, November 9, 1779, was “to prove the Doctrine of Fate, from the supposed Attributes of God; in some such Manner as this, That in creating and governing the World, as he was infinitely wise, he knew what would be best; infinitely good, he must be dispos’d; and infinitely powerful, he must be able to execute it. Consequently
9Journal of a Voyage, 1726 (Franklin Papers)
...weighed anchor, and, coming to the Downs, we set our pilot ashore at Deal and passed through. And now whilst I write this, sitting upon the quarter-deck, I have methinks one of the pleasantest scenes in the world before me. ’Tis a fine clear day, and we are going away before the wind with an easy pleasant gale. We have near fifteen sail of ships in sight, and I may say in company. On the...
10Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion, 20 November 1728 (Franklin Papers)
In Honour to the World’s Great Author rise.