Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Statesman, Philosopher And Practical Citizen, 1706-1790
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The higher rose the cries of the opposition the more clearly were his own talents emphasised. No amount of vituperation could prevent his enjoyment of English life, or abate one jot of the zest with which he observed all that was going on about him. Nothing had inter- ested him more than the reports, as they came in glorious succession, of the success of British arms in his own continent — ^the abandonment of Fort Du- quesne, the surrender of Louisburg, the capture of Quebec, and finally, the t...aking, in September, 1760, of Montreal. Canada had been wrested from the French, so had possessions in other parts of the world, and it became a much-debated question as to whether it would not be better for England to retain the newly acquired Guadaloupe and give up Canada! An absurd proposition, yet there actually Digitized by Google BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. FROM A PAINTING BY CHARLES WILL80N PEALE, OWNED BY THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. Digitized by Google Digitized by VjOOQIC J 1762] A Battle with the Penns 141 rose up a party which advised that preference be given to Guadaloupe.
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