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The preoccupation of American historical and literary scholars with the New England Puritans must seem to outsiders like an obsession.

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In France, where Franklin had lived from 1776 to 1785, he had won an extraordinary place in the public mind. The French had lionized him to the point of absurdity – or so at least his colleagues in the American mission thought.

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I didn’t do my work for money or prizes – only for the excitement of discovery.

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April 26, 2024

I didn’t do my work for money or prizes – only for the excitement of discovery.

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April 26, 2024

In France, where Franklin had lived from 1776 to 1785, he had won an extraordinary place in the public mind. The French had lionized him to the point of absurdity – or so at least his colleagues in the American mission thought.

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