[Footnote i-128: For a fuller discussion of Franklin's view of the ancients, see section on "Franklin's Theories of Education," p. xxxii above.] [Footnote i-129: Cited in R. F. Jones, "Science and English Prose Style ...," _Publications of the Modern Language Association_, XLV, 982 (Dec., 1930). On the backgrounds of literary theories underlying the sermons which Franklin heard, see scholarly studies such as Caroline F. Richardson's _English Preachers and Preaching, 1640-1670_ (New York, 1928), and W. F. Mitchell's _English Pulpit Oratory_ (New York, 1932). From 1750 on, however, the Puritan clergy in America increasingly advocated a simple, clear, and easy style. See Howard M. Jones, "American Prose Style; 1700-1770," _Huntington Library Bulletin_, No. 6, 115-51 (Nov., 1934).] [Footnote i-130: _History of the Royal Society ..._ (2d ed., London, 1702), 113.] [Footnote i-131: R. F. Jones, _op. cit._, 989. Tillotson, whom Franklin suggested as a model worthy of emulation (_Writings_, II, 391), was "another great exponent of the new style" (R. F. Jones, _op. cit._, 1002).] [Footnote i-132: L. M. MacLaurin (_Franklin's Vocabulary_, 21) also suggests Franklin's probable indebtedness to the Royal Society program.] [Footnote i-133: O. Elton, _The Augustan Age_, 8-12.] [Footnote i-134: A. O. Lovejoy, "The Parallel of Deism and Classicism," _Modern Philology_, XXIX, 281-99 (Feb., 1932).] [Footnote i-135: Franklin's friend Henry Pemberton, in his _View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy_ (London, 1728), had said (pp. 2-3) that the Newtonian thirst for knowledge, especially of the causes of the operations of nature, had become "so general, that all men of letters, I believe, find themselves influenced by it."] [Footnote i-136: _Writings_, II, 157.] [Footnote i-137: _Ibid._, I, 37.] [Footnote i-138: _Ibid._, I, ix.] [Footnote i-139: _Ibid._, III, 121. For his demand that sculpture and music have "beautiful simplicity" of form see _ibid._, VII, 194; VIII, 578; IV, 210, 377-8, 381; V, 530; VIII, 94. On the basis of confusion of genres, Franklin disliked the opera.] [Footnote i-140: _Ibid._, I, 41. See also X, 33, 51.] [Footnote i-141: Miss MacLaurin's research has disclosed that Franklin's vocabulary (4,062 words, between 1722 and 1751) contained only 19 words which "were discovered to be pure 'Americanisms,' and of these, 6 are the names of herbs or grasses; 1 is derived from the name of an American university, and 1 from the name of an American state" (_op. cit._, 38-9).] [Footnote i-142: Quoted in Bruce, _op. cit._, II, 439. Also see his letters to Noah Webster, _Writings_, I, 29; X, 75-6.] [Footnote i-143: S. A. Leonard, _The Doctrine of Correctness in English Usage, 1700-1800_, 14.]