Excerpt from Mr. Franklin: A Selection From His Personal Letters The moods of his letters are as varied as the subjects: condescension toward a younger sister, angry indignation at the enemies of his country, unruffled confidence that truth is mighty and will prevail. Franklin can be biting when he must; witness his letter to Jeremiah Meyer. Explaining to a niece that matter of the kindnesses of the French women to him, he is urbane, seeming to leave so much unsaid. And few readers are likely to be unmoved by the warmth and depth of feeling in his farewell to David Hartley. This variety of mood is as striking as Franklin's all-embracing interest and achievement and is equally a reason why Carl Van Doren described him as a harmonious human multitude. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.