I continue to hear the amplified, God like qualities, heaped upon our founders. It is well that we review the recorded annals of history and remember that they were firmly, of this world. John Adams, I have no dependence on Franklins word. I never know when he speaks the truth and when not. If he talked as much as other men and deviated from the truth as often in proportion as he does now, he would have been the scorn of the universe long ago ... The history of our Revolution would be one lie from one end to the other. The essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklins electrical rod smote the earth and out sprang George Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his rod, and thence forward these two conducted all the policy, negotiations, legislatures and war. Ben Franklin, Those who feel pain at seeing others enjoy pleasure and are unhappy when others are happy, must daily meet with so much causes of torment, that I conceive them to be already in a state of damnation ... (Adams) means well for his country, is always an honest man, often a wise one, but in some times and in some things, is absolutely out of his senses.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 21:06:45 +0000
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