The True Benjamin Franklin

Part 27

Chapter 27196 wordsPublic domain

VOLTAIRE, resemblance of, to Franklin, 280; embraces Franklin, 306.

War, Franklin's opinion of, 191.

War, Quaker opinion of, 203.

Water, depth of, as affecting vessels, 181.

Water-drinking, 23.

Water-spouts, 180.

Wealth of Franklin, 165.

WEDDERBURN, 256-9.

WHATELY, Thomas, his duel with Temple, 249.

Whistle, story of the, 60.

WHITEFIELD, Rev. George, 94-5.

WILLIAMS, Jonathan, 293-8.

Writing, Franklin trains himself in, 46.

THE END.

Transcriber's Note.

Irregular spelling in quoted material is as per the original. Minor errors in punctuation corrected without note. The following typographical errors have been corrected:

Page 23: Original: "... other projects, to form a religous ..." (changed to "religious")

Page 35: Original: "... ate and drank too freeely, and ..." (changed to "freely")

Page 139: Original: "... American newsapers for half a ..." (changed to "newspapers")

Page 291: Original: "... publication of Beamarchais's life ..." (changed to "Beaumarchais's")

Page 293: Original: "... in a phamphlet, entitled ..." (changed to "pamphlet")

Page 349: Original: "... Eripuit coelo fulmen septrumque ..." (changed to "sceptrumque")

The section of text comparing Taylor's and Franklin's language (pp. 156-7) was printed side by side in the original. Oe ligatures in the original replaced with "oe" in this version.

End of Project Gutenberg's The True Benjamin Franklin, by Sydney George Fisher