The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin [antikvár]

IntroductionTime alone determines what books are truly classics. Literary critics pronounce one contemporary work a failure, another a masterpiece. More often than not the book that has been praised fades on second reading, the emotional situation that distorted judgment disappears, and succeeding generations marvel at the quaint taste of their grandparents. But there are some books that never lose their appeal. Down through the centuries they speak to men with the same authentic force. They are as vivid and interesting today as they ever were, and they will continue to be so until humanity itself has changed. For the true classics know neither time nor place; they are always modern.Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is one of these. It has the perennial charm of romance with the added attraction of being absolutely true. It is the first American success story. Beginning as a printer's apprentice, without friends or influence, Franklin accumulated enough wealthix