This complete apologia for printers by Benjamin Franklin, nearly 300 years old, is still worth our consideration.
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This complete apologia for printers by Benjamin Franklin, nearly 300 years old, is still worth our consideration.
Tags: Benjamin Franklin, printers
Because of several recent excellent biographies and a PBS series, America is being re-educated about the most remarkable of all the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin. The man was many things during his long life: inventor, scientist, civic innovator, diplomat. What he wanted to be known as, however, was “printer.” His Apology for Printers, written in 1731, is an eloquent statement of the role printer should play in disseminating information and ideas. It makes excellent reading even today. (The entire apology can be found on this web site.)
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