Excerpt from Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces Not 18 it Wai'iii'ng to the authbri as hiiiory lies in wait for him, and the judgment of mankind balances already in his favor. The editor Wilhes only that other ieaders may reap that improvement from his pro ductions, Which he conceives they have rendered to himfelf. -yet perhaps he may be excufed for fiating one opinion. He conceives that no man ever made larger or bolder gueiies than Dr. Franklin from like materials in politics and philofophy, which, after the fcrutiny of events and offa t, have beenxmore completely verified. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.