Author : Benjamin Franklin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1333068646
Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 of 2 by Benjamin Franklin Pdf
Excerpt from Works of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 1 of 2: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together With Essays, Humourous, Moral and Literary; Chiefly in the Manner of the Spectator And here let me with all humility acknowledge, that to divine providence I am indebted for the feli city I have hitherto enjoyed. It is that power alone which has furnilhed me with the meansi have em ployed, and that has crowned them with fuccefs, My faith in this refpect leads me to hope, though I cannot Copht upon it, that the divine goodnefs will {till he exercifed towards me, either by pro longing the duration of my happinefs to the elofe of life, or by giving me fortitude to fupport 'any melancholy reverfe, which may happen to me, as to f0 many others. My future fortune is unknown but to him in whole hand is our deftiny, and who car;i make our very af ictions fubfervient to our be ne [3. 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."
