. The life of Benjamin Franklin : containing the Autobiography, with notes and a continuation . dwish that her injustice and tyranny had not deserved I sometimes flatter myself, that, old as 1 am, I maypossibly live to see my country settled in peace and pros-perity, when Britain shall make no more a formidablefigure among the powers of Europe. You put me in mind of an apology for my conduct, whichhas been expected from me, in answer to the abuses thrownupon me before the Privy Council. It was partly written,but the affairs of public importance I have ever since beenengaged in prevented
. The life of Benjamin Franklin : containing the Autobiography, with notes and a continuation . dwish that her injustice and tyranny had not deserved I sometimes flatter myself, that, old as 1 am, I maypossibly live to see my country settled in peace and pros-perity, when Britain shall make no more a formidablefigure among the powers of Europe. You put me in mind of an apology for my conduct, whichhas been expected from me, in answer to the abuses thrownupon me before the Privy Council. It was partly written,but the affairs of public importance I have ever since beenengaged in prevented my finishing it. The injuries, too,that my country has suffered, have absorbed private resent-ments, and made it appear trifling for an individual totrouble the world with his particular justification, when allhis compatriots were stigmatized by the King and Parlia-ment as being, in every respect, the ivorst of mankind / Iam obliged to you, however, for the friendly part yon havealways taken in the defence of my character; and it isindeed no small argument in my favor, that those, who have. ^•^w*. /Srv*-- ~G^ **— &^rSS.\ ■**- ^ _ S>-,J>
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