Benjamin Franklin “greatest perhaps since Newton”/”Prometheus of recent times”

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CELEBRATING BEN FRANKLIN, SCIENTIST

LET US COUNTER THESE DAYS OF LAMENTABLY UNDERACHIEVING POLITICIANS by celebrating Benjamin Franklin, a statesman—and scientist—of the highest order. Ferdinand Mount’s “His Very Variousness,” London Review of Books, December 4, … Continue reading →

December 26, 2025 · Leave a comment