01705cam a2200277 i 4500 371381003 TxAuBib 20190304120000.0 190304|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781435119895 1435119894 TxAuBib rda Franklin, Benjamin. Benjamin Franklin : Selected Writings. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Writer, Statesman, World-traveler, Publisher, Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Diplomat, Newspaper editor, Scientist, Satirist, Pamphleteer, Social critic. Of all America's illustrious Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin was the one who most readily wore the mantle of the Renaissance Man. His interests were remarkably eclectic, and his talents extraordinarily diverse. A signer of the Declaration of Independence, a founder of the subscription library system, inventor of bifocal eyeglasses and the lightning rod, and an originator of the city of Philadelphia's first fire department. Franklin might have gone on to a distinguished career in any of the disciplines for which he showed enthusiasm. Today, we remember him as a writer of some of the wittiest and most stimulating essays and articles published during our nation's Colonial era, all informed by his boundless intellectual curiosity and open-minded spirit of inquiry. 20190304. Franklin, Benjamin 1706-1790. Letters. Politics and government. NonFiction. Essays. History.