=27.= Notice his judgment regarding controversy. It will be profitable, from time to time, to consider his remarks as throwing light on the subject, "Franklin, a Manager of Men." =28.= Read carefully the paragraph opening with a reference to _The Spectator_, and using Franklin's method, reproduce that paragraph. Apply this method to other good English selections and try to adapt it to your translations from other languages. As you read Franklin's account of his self-education, ask yourself what quality it is in the student that gives best assurance of final success in securing a real education. =34.= Is Franklin's use of the word "demeaned" good? =37.= In his reference to Bunyan and Defoe, Franklin proves himself one of the first critics to recognize those writers as the fathers of the modern novel. =38.= "Our acquaintance continued as long as he lived." Few men have placed a higher value on friends than did Franklin. He took the trouble necessary to make friends and to keep them. =61.= Read parts of Young's _Night Thoughts_. =77.= Carefully observe the plan of the Junto and its subordinate branches, and consider the value of such organizations for yourself and friends. By referring to Bigelow's Life of Franklin, Vol. I, p, 185, you will find detailed information concerning the rules of the Junto. =81.= Years later, while in London in 1773, Franklin showed his ability with his pen and put through a successful journalistic hoax. He published in _The Public Advertiser_ what was for a time accepted by many as an authentic edict of the King of Prussia. In this the king held that the English were German colonists settled in Britain, and that they should be taxed for the benefit of the Prussian coffers. What claims were the English making in 1773? By looking through other lives of Franklin, you may find an account of another literary hoax by which he helped the American cause. =86.= Franklin's original determination to secure money with his wife should be judged by the standards of his time. =89.= Beginning with the establishment of the Philadelphia public library, keep a list of Franklin's plans and achievements for the public good. =92.= The high honors accorded to Franklin by foreign nations have never been extended to any other American, with the possible exception of Theodore Roosevelt. =101.= "Address Powerful Goodness." Thomas Paine submitted the manuscript of his _Age of Reason_ to Franklin for criticism. Franklin advised him to burn it and concluded, "If men are so wicked with religion, what would they be _without it_?" A facsimile of Franklin's motion for prayers in the Federal Convention of 1787, when agreement on the Constitution seemed hopeless, will be found on page 168 of _The Many-sided Franklin_. The convention, though much given to acting on Franklin's advice, was all but unanimous in defeating this motion.