From Silence to Statesman by Benjamin Franklin

From Silence to Statesman by Benjamin Franklin

This keepsake hard cover edition of The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the THESALONIANS was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation is a masterwork of style and the most important book in the English language it has been the driving force in shaping the English-speaking world for hundreds of years.

Paul opens the letter praising this church for their faithfulness and perseverance in the face of persecution. The letter continues by encouraging the Thessalonian church to stand firm in their faith and to keep away from every brother who leads an unruly life and not according to the tradition which you received from us. do not associate with him so that he will be put to shame. Yet do not regard him as an enemy but admonish him as a brother.

Second THESALONIANS is one of the shortest books in the bible and is sold at or near the publisher's cost and offered up for the collector who wished to have an unbroken set of this keepsake editions.

Benjamin Franklin, statesman, philosopher, and man of letters, was born in Boston in 1706 of Protestant parents. He entered Boston Grammar School when he was eight and later attended George Brown Ell's school. When he was twelve his father apprenticed him to his half-brother James as a printer. James was later the publisher of the New England Courant, where Franklin's first articles, The Dogood Papers, were published before he was seventeen. He went to Philadelphia in 1723 and pursued his trade of printer. He was befriended by William Keith, Governor of Pennsylvania, who offered to help the young man get started in business. Franklin left for England, where he hoped to arrange for the purchase of printing equipment. Arriving in London in 1724, he was soon deserted by Keith, and again turned to printing for a livelihood. His privately printed Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain (1725) introduced him to leading Deists and other intellectuals in London. A year later, he returned to Philadelphia, and by 1730 he had been appointed public printer for Pennsylvania. In 1731 he established the first circulation library in the United States; in 1743-44, The American Philosophical Society. In 1748 he retired from the trade of printer but continued to advise and back his partner and to draw profit from the business. Poor Richard's Almanack was his most spectacular success as a publisher, having gone through numerous editions and been translated in many languages. During the next thirty-five years he devoted himself largely to politics and diplomacy, but still wrote and engaged in scientific ventures. He resigned as Minister to France in 1785, returned to America, and was elected President of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Still concerned with the rights of the individual, he published papers encouraging the abolition of slavery. He died in Philadelphia in 1790.

Larzer Ziff is a research professor of English at Johns Hopkins University who has written extensively on American literary culture.

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ISBN 13	9798992027808
Title	From Silence to Statesman
Author	Benjamin Franklin
Series	Mind Of A Founder: Benjamin Franklin
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bauer World Press
Year published	2024-12-05
Number of pages	390
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