The world: historical and actual . DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. worthily maintained to the end. The Adams family is the most illustriousin the political annalsof America. But thesupreme name of theperiod was BenjaminFranklin. He lived, itis true, to render im-portant service to hiscountry at the Frenchcourt after the declar-ation had been issued,a and in framing the eon-james otis. stitution, but his best lavs were colonial. He early organized the postalsystem of the country. Franklin was a philosopher,. England and France delighted to honor him. Hewas given the title of LL. D., F. R. S., and
The world: historical and actual . DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. worthily maintained to the end. The Adams family is the most illustriousin the political annalsof America. But thesupreme name of theperiod was BenjaminFranklin. He lived, itis true, to render im-portant service to hiscountry at the Frenchcourt after the declar-ation had been issued,a and in framing the eon-james otis. stitution, but his best lavs were colonial. He early organized the postalsystem of the country. Franklin was a philosopher,. England and France delighted to honor him. Hewas given the title of LL. D., F. R. S., and otherwiserecognized. As a writer his chief aim was to incul-cate good habits, especially frugality. His PoorRichards Almanac, published annually from 1733to 1757, made him familiarly known in this countryand largely in England to a class of people not ca-pable of following his scientific treatises. He Idledmany positions of trust, the last being a member ofthe convention which drafted the Constitution ofthe United States. He was then over eighty yearsof age. In him were united simplicity, dignity, pru-dence, perseverance and philanthropy. To him,more than to any one else, unless it be Thomas Jef-ferson, is this nation indebted for the complete sep-aration of church and state. When he died the -V12 .£- 508 COLONIAL GROWTH AND OUTGROWTH. whole nation mourned. Washington was indeed thefather of his country, but Franklin is no less deserv-ing of deathless honor and gratitude. It wasnot without good
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