On the record
But let us take a cool view of the general state of our affairs, and perhaps the prospect will appear less gloomy than has been imagined.
Source
gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “But let us take a cool view of the general state of our affairs, and perhaps the prospect will appear less gloomy than…”
Editor's note · Context
Franklin suggests that a more optimistic perspective on the state of affairs may be possible if viewed calmly.
Share
More from Benjamin Franklin
But when Britain values herself as affording us protection, we desire it may be considered, that we have followed her in all her wars, and joined with her at our own expence against all she thought fit to quarrel with.
They have ever been applied with prudent frugality to the honour and advantage of the public, and the king's immediate service, to the general approbation of the people: the credit of the government has been preserved, and the debts of the…
But such, it seems, is the unhappiness of human nature, that our passions, when violent, often are too hard for the united force of reason, duty, and religion.
But above all this, the state and circumstances of our settlements render such a measure not only proper and eligible, but absolutely necessary.
Other voices in this conversation
