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Benjamin Franklin’s

Humor

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The Wit and Wisdom of the

Founding Fathers

BENJAMIN

FRANKLIN’S

HUMOR

BY PAUL M. ZALL

T HE U NIVERSITY P RESS OF K ENTUCKY

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from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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Louisville, and Western Kentucky University.

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Frontispiece: Portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Charles Van Loo.

Courtesy of the American Philosophical Society.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Zall, Paul M.

Benjamin Franklin’s humor / by Paul M. Zall.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8131-2371-2 (hardcover : alk. paper)

1. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Language. 2. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-

1790—Literary style. 3. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790—Quotations. 4.

American wit and humor. 5. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. 6. Statesmen—

United States—Biography. I. Title.

E302.6.F8Z35 2005

973.3’092—dc22 2005018025

This book is printed on acid-free recycled paper meeting

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for Permanence in Paper for Printed Library Materials.

Manufactured in the United States of America.

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