Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 334
answered; and these were his lastVol. XXL—41. words. He died April 17, 1790, respectedabroad and beloved at home. In many ways Franklin was the most re-markable man who came to maturity whilethese United States were yet British colonies;and nothing, perhaps, was more remarkableabout him than the… … BENJAMIN FRANKLIN S PRINTING-PRESS. thrice-armed in a just cause. He never braggedor blustered; he never vaunted his country orhimself. He was always firm and dignified,shrewd and good-humored. Humor, indeed,he had so abundantly that it was almost afailing; like Abraham Lincoln, another…
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