True stories of great American men : for young Americans (1898)
Brooks, Elbridge Streeter, 1846-1902 · Chicago ; Philadelphia ; Toronto : J.C. Winston · leaf 60
and byeating only a bit ofbread and a tart fordinner he had halfan hour every dayto devote to read-ing, while the otherswere eating heavydinners ; and thisis the way he educated himself. Would you think it strangeif I told you that Benjamin did not like his brother James ? Itis a fact, he did not… … !»,«.. W^-l} EARLY DAYS IN THE COLONIES. 62 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN the Governor of the Colony mad. They arrested him and puthim in jail for a whole month. Benjamin published the paperwhile his brother was in prison, and he said some very uglythings about the government, but was careful not to say…
