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Archive of posts filed under the Books category.

Printing Week Volumes

21 August 2018, 4:14 pm

Three sets of the Printing Week Library of Benjamin Franklin Keepsakes have appeared in auctions recently. This is a sweet set of small books on Franklin, “Privately Printed in New York.” I also see some of these volumes listed on Amazon. I have all 29 of these volumes in my library. Oak Knoll Press publishes …

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Resting and Fasting

29 May 2018, 1:25 pm

This article from Dubai credits Dr. Franklin with The best of all medicines are resting and fasting. Best of Ramadan wishes to all, but I don’t recognize that as a Franklin line: the only fasting I recall from Franklin was in connection with vegetarianism – that he has since occasionally abstained from eating meat – …

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