Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . all kinds—civil, military, and naval, and kept Frauk-^ -^^ lin constantly at work ; smoothing, aiding, contriving, word and by pen, alwayshvays to the point, he steered the bark:ountry to the desired haven. His wit and humor rendered hisety acceptable to every occasion he was diningwith the English am-bassador, and a Frenchofficer at Paris. Theformer rose, and gavethe folloMing senti-ment : England—thebright s?ni whose ra3?silluminate the Avorld ! The French gentleman,
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . all kinds—civil, military, and naval, and kept Frauk-^ -^^ lin constantly at work ; smoothing, aiding, contriving, word and by pen, alwayshvays to the point, he steered the bark:ountry to the desired haven. His wit and humor rendered hisety acceptable to every occasion he was diningwith the English am-bassador, and a Frenchofficer at Paris. Theformer rose, and gavethe folloMing senti-ment : England—thebright s?ni whose ra3?silluminate the Avorld ! The French gentleman,struggling between pa-triotism and politeness,proposed: France—the w<w;/ Mhose mildbeams dispel the shadesof night. Dr. Frank-lin, rising in turn, said:General George Wash-ington—the Joshuawho commanded the sunand moon to stand still—and they obeyed him ! Do you not think this was a good Franklin had passed away and the story of his life was fullytold. It was then known what a really great man he was. Beside hisstatesmanship, which was so able in small things and great, that the suc-. FRANKLIN S GRAVE, FIFTH AND ARCH STREETS,PHILADELPHIA. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 81 cess of the Revolution was very largely due to him, lie was a great phil-osopher and scholar, a public benefactor, and a practical inventor andworkman. He showed his countrymen how to think and write; he pub-lished some American newspapers, and the famous Poor RichardsAlmanac. This was announced as being edited by Richard Saunders,of Philomath, and printed and published by Benjamin Franklin, of Phila-delphia. From the year 1732 it was issued yearly for a quarter of a cen-tury. It had a place in almost every household in the land, not only onaccount of the information it contained, but also for its shrewd andworldly-wise maxims, which were afterward gathered into a pamphletcalled The Way to Wealth, and, being translated into many languages,long ago became a part of the worlds stock of wise prove
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