My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.


Memoirs of the life & writings of Benjamin Franklin (ed. 1909)

Benjamin Franklin Quotes

My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when...

My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when...

My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when...

My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when...