Excerpt from benjamin franklin's autobiography
from a child i was fond of reading, and a...
English, 02.02.2020 21:02 horsedoggal1234
Excerpt from benjamin franklin's autobiography
from a child i was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books. with the pilgrim's progress, my first collection was of john bunyan's works in separate little volumes. i afterward sold them to enable me to buy r. burton's historical collections; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. my father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which i read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when i had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way since it was now resolved i should not be a clergyman. plutarch's lives there was in which i read abundantly, and i still think that time spent to great advantage. there was also a book of de foe's, called an essay on projects, and another of dr. mather's, called essays to do good, which perhaps gave me a turn of thinking that had an influence on some of the principal future events of my life.
this bookish inclination at length determined my father to make me a printer, though he had already one son (james) of that profession. in 1717 my brother james returned from england with a press and letters to set up his business in boston. i liked it much better than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea. to prevent the apprehended effect of such an inclination, my father was impatient to have me bound to my brother. i stood out some time, but at last was persuaded, and signed the indentures when i was yet but twelve years old. i was to serve as an apprentice till i was twenty-one years of age, only i was to be allowed journeyman's wages during the last year. in a little time i made great proficiency in the business, and became a useful hand to my brother. i now had access to better books. an acquaintance with the apprentices of booksellers enabled me sometimes to borrow a small one, which i was careful to return soon and clean. often i sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
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a)
the goal of most americans was to be healthy.
b)
religion was the main interest and study of americans in the colonies.
c)
most americans had to work for a living, yet many wanted to be educated.
d)
the acquisition of wealth was more important than any other activity in life.
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