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The editor has often been asked: "Upon what principle have you constructed this series of lives of American statesmen?" The query has always been civil in form, while in substance it has often implied that the "principle," as to which inquiry is made, has been undiscoverable by the interrogator. Other queries, like pendants, have also come: Why have you not included A, or B, or C? The inference from these is that the querist conceives A, or B, or C to be statesmen certainly not less eminent than E, or F, or G, whose names he sees upon the list. Now there really has been. | Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse Jr. 1 CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse Jr. The Project Gutenberg EBook of Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse Jr. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Benjamin Franklin Author John Torrey Morse Jr. Release Date May 7 2007 EBook 21348 Benjamin Franklin by John Torrey Morse Jr. 2 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Produced by Juliet Sutherland Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Illustration Benj. Franklin American Statesmen Standard Library Edition Illustration Independence Hall Philadelphia 1776 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BY JOHN T. MORSE JR. Illustration BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1899 Copyright 1898 BY HOUGHTON MIFFLIN CO. All rights reserved. EDITOR S INTRODUCTION The editor has often been asked Upon what principle have you constructed this series of lives of American statesmen The query has always been civil in form while in substance it has often implied that the principle as to which inquiry is made has been undiscoverable by the interrogator. Other queries like pendants have also come Why have you not included A or B or C The inference from these is that the querist conceives A or B or C to be statesmen certainly not less eminent than E or F or G whose names he sees upon the list. Now there really has been a principle of selection but it has not been a mathematical principle whereby the several statesmen of the country have been brought to the measuring-pole like horses and .