身為作家的班傑明富蘭克林 Benjamin Franklin, the Writer

富蘭克林一生中寫作的主題相當廣泛：在自己的報紙「費城報」中的文章、關於自己生活的信件（之後於他個人的自傳中發行），寫作的主題從政治、科學、圖書館甚至消防局等等都有。

他也曾參與獨立宣言的編寫工作。有時後他用真名寫作、有時候用像是賽倫斯杜古德的筆名寫作，有時候表現得幽默、有時候又很顏色，但始終遵循自己在寫作上的原則：「順暢、清楚且簡短」。

Franklin wrote many things during his lifetime: articles for his newspaper, the Pennsylvania Gazette, letters about his life (later published as his Autobiography), letters on an amazingly wide range of subjects, including politics, science, libraries, even fire stations.

He also helped with changes to the Declaration of Independence. Some things he wrote using his own name, others he wrote using pseudonyms like Silence Dogood. Sometimes he was humorous, and other times serious, but he always followed his own rule for writing: make it "smooth, clear and short."

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