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Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Statesman, Philosopher and Practical Citizen, 1706-1790
I need not, therefore, offer any plea of extenua tion for thus adding to the formidable mass of Frankliniana, beyond acquitting myself of any vain desire to compete with, or to imitate, the bio graphies of the past. My purpose has been to give, as it were, a composite picture of the man, to show his character and activities, and to touch brie?y upon the national conditions which brought the latter into play. That the narrative has been chosen as the forerunner of a series of biographical studies on American subjects, is an honour of which I am fully appreciative. I desire also to express my ac knowledgments for the valuable counsel received during the preparation of my work at the rooms of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and my special indebtedness to Messrs. John W. Jordan and Thomas Allen Glenn.
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