قراءة كتاب True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin
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True to His Home: A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin
speaking of the humble birth of Franklin:
That little baby, humbly cradled, has turned out to be the greatest man that America ever bore in her bosom or set eyes upon. Beyond all question, as I think, Benjamin Franklin had the largest mind that has shone on this side of the sea, widest in its comprehension, most deep-looking, thoughtful, far-seeing, the most original and creative child of the New World.
For the last four generations no man has shed such copious good influence on America, nor added so much new truth to popular knowledge; none has so skillfully organized its ideals into institutions; none has so powerfully and wisely directed the nation's conduct and advanced its welfare in so many respects. No man has so strong a hold on the habits or the manners of the people.
"The principal question in life is, What good can I do in the world?" says Franklin. He learned to ask this question in his home in "beloved Boston." It was his purpose to answer this all-important question after the lessons that he had received in his early home, to which his heart remained true through all his marvelous career.
This is the seventh volume of the Creators of Liberty Series of books of historical fiction, based for the most part on real events, in the purpose of presenting biography in picture.
The former volumes of this series of books have been very kindly received by the public, and none of them more generously than the last volume, The Wampum Belt. For this the writer is very grateful, for he is a thorough believer in story-telling education, on the Pestalozzi and Froebel principle that "life must be taught from life," or from the highest ideals of beneficent character.
28 Worcester Street, Boston, Mass., June, 1897.
CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. |
—The first day
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1 |
| II. |
—Uncle Benjamin, the poet
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10 |
| III. |
—Benjamin and Benjamin
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18 |
| IV. |
—Franklin's story of a holiday in childhood
|
24 |
| V. |
—The boy Franklin's kite
|
28 |
| VI. |
—Little Ben's guinea pig
|
34 |
| VII. |
—Uncle Tom, who rose in the world
|
39 |
| VIII. |
—Little Ben shows his handwriting to the family
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46 |
| IX. |
—Uncle Benjamin's secret
|
50 |
| X. |
—The stone wharf, and Lady Wiggleworth, who fell asleep in church
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56 |
| XI. |
—Jenny
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70 |
| XII. |
—A chime of bells in Nottingham
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74 |
| XIII. |
—The elder Franklin's stories
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78 |
| XIV. |
—The treasure-finder
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83 |
| XV. |
—"Have I a chance?"
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92 |
| XVI. |
—"A book that influenced the character of a man who led his age"
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99 |
| XVII. |
—Benjamin looks for a place wherein to start in life
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