It is with a melancholy regret I think of his death; but to death we are all bound by the irreversible order of nature, and in looking forward to it, there is comfort in being able to reflect--that we have not lived in vain, and that all the useful and virtuous shall meet in a better country beyond the grave.
Franklin contemplates death and finds solace in the belief that virtuous lives will be rewarded in the afterlife.
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As it is in my power, as far as my testimony will be regarded, to refute this charge, I think it due to our friendship to do it.
With these sentiments he left England; but when, on his arrival in America, he found the war begun, and that there was no receding, no man entered more warmly into the interests of what he then considered as his country, in opposition to…
Yet had I gone at 70, it would have cut off 12 of the most active years of my life, employed too in matters of the greatest importance; but whether I have been doing good or mischief, is for time to discover.
I wish old England were as happy in its government, but I do not see it.
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