Comments for Ben Franklin Live http://benfranklinlive.org Fri, 18 May 2012 14:07:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on Ben Franklin – Runaway! by Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-runaway/#comment-213 Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell Fri, 18 May 2012 14:07:54 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=717#comment-213 Why, thank you, Citizen. Why, thank you, Citizen.

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin – Runaway! by Steve http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-runaway/#comment-212 Steve Fri, 18 May 2012 13:58:22 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=717#comment-212 Good for you, Dr. Franklin! Good for you, Dr. Franklin!

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin and the “real” lessons from the Print Shop – Part 2 by Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-and-the-real-lessons-from-the-print-shop-part-2/#comment-206 Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell Fri, 11 May 2012 15:54:39 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=710#comment-206 Citizen McGinty, I appreciate your sentiments for my business manager, and will certainly pass them along to him. I once fell from a horse, breaking my clavicle and am no stranger to pain, Sir. I do think that there is a softness in present-day Americans that does little to advance your reputation and that the recent, unfortunate accident suffered by Mr. Lowell is an example. He is in pain, but I see him moving about the room, rising and sitting at will, and cannot but feel that had he a bit more backbone, he would have seen to it that the chain of blogs that I have been so diligent to write each week, was not unbroken. After all, it was Citizen Lowell's ribs, not backbone, that were broken. Citizen McGinty,
I appreciate your sentiments for my business manager, and will certainly pass them along to him. I once fell from a horse, breaking my clavicle and am no stranger to pain, Sir. I do think that there is a softness in present-day Americans that does little to advance your reputation and that the recent, unfortunate accident suffered by Mr. Lowell is an example. He is in pain, but I see him moving about the room, rising and sitting at will, and cannot but feel that had he a bit more backbone, he would have seen to it that the chain of blogs that I have been so diligent to write each week, was not unbroken. After all, it was Citizen Lowell’s ribs, not backbone, that were broken.

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin and the “real” lessons from the Print Shop – Part 2 by T.J. McGinty http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-and-the-real-lessons-from-the-print-shop-part-2/#comment-205 T.J. McGinty Fri, 11 May 2012 15:47:41 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=710#comment-205 Dr. Franklin, I confess my distress at the uncharacteristic lack of grace extended to your publicist in his time of pain. A personal friend, I know him to be a diligent and faithful worker and am quite certain that only the circumstances of his situation prevented the otherwise diligent and responsible exercise of his duties. I pray you reconsider your affection in this matter and extend to him the grace and balanced consideration for which you are so notably and correctly esteemed. Most sincerely yours, Dr. Franklin,
I confess my distress at the uncharacteristic lack of grace extended to your publicist in his time of pain. A personal friend, I know him to be a diligent and faithful worker and am quite certain that only the circumstances of his situation prevented the otherwise diligent and responsible exercise of his duties. I pray you reconsider your affection in this matter and extend to him the grace and balanced consideration for which you are so notably and correctly esteemed.

Most sincerely yours,

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin and the “real” lessons from the Print Shop – Part 1 by Laura http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-and-the-real-lessons-from-the-print-shop-part-1/#comment-196 Laura Sat, 28 Apr 2012 20:55:49 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=706#comment-196 Wow! I had no idea! Wow! I had no idea!

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin and the “real” lessons from the Print Shop – Part 1 by Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-and-the-real-lessons-from-the-print-shop-part-1/#comment-193 Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:56:23 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=706#comment-193 Indeed, Citizen, and the relationship of indentured servitude to slavery influenced my own evolution from slave owner to abolitionist --a subject I will discuss in these pages at a future date in some detail. Thank you, good Sir, for your observation! Indeed, Citizen, and the relationship of indentured servitude to slavery influenced my own evolution from slave owner to abolitionist –a subject I will discuss in these pages at a future date in some detail. Thank you, good Sir, for your observation!

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin and the “real” lessons from the Print Shop – Part 1 by Andrew Davis http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-and-the-real-lessons-from-the-print-shop-part-1/#comment-192 Andrew Davis Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:42 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=706#comment-192 It's interesting to think how close indentured servant hood was to slavery. It’s interesting to think how close indentured servant hood was to slavery.

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin, Printer’s Apprentice, Part 3 – Silence Dogood’s Success by Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell http://benfranklinlive.org/698/#comment-185 Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:27:29 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=698#comment-185 Why thank you, Madam. Very nice of you to comment, I'm sure. You may be interested in knowing that one of the more serious viewpoints included in these first editions of my "Silence Dogood" letters was the notion that women should be educated and taken seriously. Many regarded that as a simple-minded idea, obviously the product of a lonely widow and having nothing to do with the way the world really worked. But it was an idea to which I gave voice in other forums throughout my life and one that was to take root. Why thank you, Madam. Very nice of you to comment, I’m sure. You may be interested in knowing that one of the more serious viewpoints included in these first editions of my “Silence Dogood” letters was the notion that women should be educated and taken seriously. Many regarded that as a simple-minded idea, obviously the product of a lonely widow and having nothing to do with the way the world really worked. But it was an idea to which I gave voice in other forums throughout my life and one that was to take root.

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin, Printer’s Apprentice, Part 3 – Silence Dogood’s Success by Hannah Duff http://benfranklinlive.org/698/#comment-184 Hannah Duff Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:14:37 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=698#comment-184 A charming anecdote! Thank you for sharing it, Ben. A charming anecdote! Thank you for sharing it, Ben.

]]> Comment on Ben Franklin on Fitness and Health – Blog #5B by Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell http://benfranklinlive.org/ben-franklin-on-fitness-and-health-blog-5b/#comment-181 Benjamin Franklin Speaker, Christopher Lowell Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:03:41 +0000 http://benfranklinlive.org/?p=638#comment-181 Mme Houser, I thank you for your comment and look forward to further dialogue between us. Yrs, B. Franklin Mme Houser, I thank you for your comment and look forward to further dialogue between us.
Yrs,
B. Franklin

]]>