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Literary
May 9, 1789
Gazette Of The United States
New York, New York County, New York
What is this article about?
Elogium extolling Dr. Franklin's lifelong contributions to science, literature, freedom, and education in Pennsylvania, including founding the first notable public school and library in Philadelphia, supporting various seminaries, and recently endowing an infant academy in Washington with significant funds from his presidential postage account.
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ELOGIUM.
Dr. Franklin has had the happiness of living to see science extended under his fostering hand, from one end of Pennsylvania to the other. What hath he not done in the cause of literature and freedom? Was he not a principal agent in the foundation of the first public school of any note in the State? Was he not the principal agent in the foundation of the first library in Philadelphia?
What seminary hath not partook of his bounty? Hath he not after a constant exercise of his extraordinary abilities, at the very eve of life, exhibited a striking proof of the consequences of good habits, in taking by the hand an infant academy at Washington, the very extremity of the State? Did he not one time ago endow it with fifty pounds? Hath he not within a few days past directed Mr. Redick, one of the trustees of that school, to receive from the State the whole amount of his account for postages during the three years of his presidency, and which amounted to a very considerable sum? Yes, all these things he hath done.
But to all these things and as much more as would fill a volume of such things, would be but the dust of the balance to what this great, this good, this ornament to human nature, hath done for man.
Dr. Franklin has had the happiness of living to see science extended under his fostering hand, from one end of Pennsylvania to the other. What hath he not done in the cause of literature and freedom? Was he not a principal agent in the foundation of the first public school of any note in the State? Was he not the principal agent in the foundation of the first library in Philadelphia?
What seminary hath not partook of his bounty? Hath he not after a constant exercise of his extraordinary abilities, at the very eve of life, exhibited a striking proof of the consequences of good habits, in taking by the hand an infant academy at Washington, the very extremity of the State? Did he not one time ago endow it with fifty pounds? Hath he not within a few days past directed Mr. Redick, one of the trustees of that school, to receive from the State the whole amount of his account for postages during the three years of his presidency, and which amounted to a very considerable sum? Yes, all these things he hath done.
But to all these things and as much more as would fill a volume of such things, would be but the dust of the balance to what this great, this good, this ornament to human nature, hath done for man.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Liberty Freedom
Moral Virtue
Patriotism
What keywords are associated?
Benjamin Franklin
Education
Philanthropy
Pennsylvania
Literature
Freedom
Library
Academy
Literary Details
Title
Elogium.
Subject
Praise Of Dr. Franklin's Contributions To Education And Freedom In Pennsylvania
Key Lines
What Hath He Not Done In The Cause Of Literature And Freedom?
Yes, All These Things He Hath Done.
But To All These Things And As Much More As Would Fill A Volume Of Such Things, Would Be But The Dust Of The Balance To What This Great, This Good, This Ornament To Human Nature, Hath Done For Man.