美国文学史课件 第一课分解
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2. a statesman and diplomat one of the Founding Fathers of the United States the First American for his early campaigning for colonial unity an author and spokesman in London for several colonies the first United States Ambassador to France The governor of Philadelphia
colonies in the period 1714–1818 applied scientific reasoning to politics, science, and religion promoted religious tolerance restored literature, the arts, and music as important
mended. • Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. • Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good
wise. • God helps those who help themselves. • Beware of little expenses: a small leak will leak a great ship. • Eat to live, and not live to eat. • Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. • Nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes. • Never leave that tomorrow which you can do today. • Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. • Love your enemies for they tell you your faults. • Glass, China and Reputation are easily cracked and never well
disciplines and professions worthy of study in colleges
II. Benjamin Franklin
1. a scientist and inventor a major figure in the American
Enlightenment a major figure in the history of
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
I. Historical Background
1. the American Revolutionary War / the American War of Independence (1775–1783)
2. The American Enlightenment (1717-1818) a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American
physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions "... as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
Franklin: influence toward the formation of a budding American identity
III. Poor Richard's Almanac a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted
3. a civic activist a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania one of the most prominent abolitionists
4. a leading author and printer a successful newspaper editor and printer Poor Richard's Almanac and The Autobiography of Benjamin
and astrological information
proverbs from the Almanack: • A penny saved is a penny earned. • Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and
the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" continually from 1732 to 1758 a best seller for a pamphlet published in the American colonies contained the calendar, weather, poems, sayings and astronomical
2. a statesman and diplomat one of the Founding Fathers of the United States the First American for his early campaigning for colonial unity an author and spokesman in London for several colonies the first United States Ambassador to France The governor of Philadelphia
colonies in the period 1714–1818 applied scientific reasoning to politics, science, and religion promoted religious tolerance restored literature, the arts, and music as important
mended. • Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. • Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good
wise. • God helps those who help themselves. • Beware of little expenses: a small leak will leak a great ship. • Eat to live, and not live to eat. • Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. • Nothing is certain in this world except death and taxes. • Never leave that tomorrow which you can do today. • Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears. • Love your enemies for they tell you your faults. • Glass, China and Reputation are easily cracked and never well
disciplines and professions worthy of study in colleges
II. Benjamin Franklin
1. a scientist and inventor a major figure in the American
Enlightenment a major figure in the history of
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
I. Historical Background
1. the American Revolutionary War / the American War of Independence (1775–1783)
2. The American Enlightenment (1717-1818) a period of intellectual ferment in the thirteen American
physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions "... as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously."
Franklin: influence toward the formation of a budding American identity
III. Poor Richard's Almanac a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted
3. a civic activist a major role in establishing the University of Pennsylvania one of the most prominent abolitionists
4. a leading author and printer a successful newspaper editor and printer Poor Richard's Almanac and The Autobiography of Benjamin
and astrological information
proverbs from the Almanack: • A penny saved is a penny earned. • Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and
the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" continually from 1732 to 1758 a best seller for a pamphlet published in the American colonies contained the calendar, weather, poems, sayings and astronomical