"Mr. Burke then, to Miss Shipley's great delight, burst forth into an eulogy of the abilities and character of Dr. Franklin, which he mingled with a history the most striking, yet simple, of his life; and a veneration the most profound for his eminence in science, and his liberal sentiments and skill in politics."
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AphoristsEngineers from the United StatesFounding Fathers of the United States of AmericaElectrical engineersGovernors of Pennsylvania
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Frances Burney to Samuel Crisp (June 1782), quoted in Madame D'Arblay, Memoirs of Doctor Burney, Vol. II (1832), p. 230
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Benjamin Franklin
1706 â 1790
US-amerikanischer Staatsmann, Naturwissenschaftler und Schriftsteller
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