富兰克林传记(2)

关于他的生平,事迹

Despite his success at the Boston Latin School, Ben was removed at 10 to work with his father at candle making, but dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t fire his imagination. Perhaps to dissuade him from going to sea as one of his brothers had done, Josiah apprenticed Ben at 12 to his brother James at his print shop. Ben took to this like a duck to water, despite his brother’s hard treatment. When James refused to publish any of his brother’s writing, Ben adopted the pseudonym Mrs. Silence Dogood, and “her” 14 imaginative and witty letters were published in his brother’s newspaper, The New England Courant, to the delight of the readership. But James was angry when it was discovered the letters were his brother’s, and Ben abandoned his apprenticeship shortly afterward, escaping to New York, but settling in Philadelphia, which was his home base for the rest of his life.

尽管他的成功在波士顿拉丁学校，奔10去除蜡烛与他的父亲在工作，但浸蜡和切割灯芯没火了他的想象。也许是为了劝阻他出海，他的一个兄弟做了，约西亚学徒奔12其弟詹姆斯在他的打印店。奔了，这就像如鱼得水，尽管他的兄弟的硬盘治疗。当詹姆斯拒绝发布任何他哥哥的写作，奔采用化名沉默Dogood夫人，“她”14想象力和诙谐的信件发表在他哥哥的报纸，新英格兰新闻报，喜悦的读者。但詹姆斯很生气，当它被发现的信件是他弟弟的，和Ben放弃了他的学徒后不久，逃亡到纽约，但定居费城的余生，这是他的大本营。

Franklin furthered his education in the printing trade in Philadelphia, lodging at the home of John Read in 1723, where he met and courted Read’s daughter Deborah. Nevertheless, the following year, Franklin left for London under the auspices of Pennsylvania Governor William Keith, but felt duped when letters of introduction never arrived and he was forced to find work at print shops there. Once employed, though, he was able to take full advantage of the city’s pleasures, attending theater, mingling with the populace in coffee houses and continuing his lifelong passion for reading. He also managed to publish his first pamphlet, "A Dissertation upon Liberty