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Man as Franklin: If all printers were determined
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Benjamin Franklin

If allprinters were determined not to print anythingtill they were sure it would offend...

Man as Franklin: If all
printers were determined not to print anything
till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be
very little printed

Full Transcript

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Man as Franklin: If all printers were determined
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not to print anything till they were
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sure it would offend nobody,
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there would be very little printed.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:29:47
Uploaded
May 05, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, biography, history
Production
Florentine Films

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Movie Summary

Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
S01 • E02 But in incremental ways, it grew and grew because if you - Benjamin Franklin 00:17
But in incremental ways, it grew and grew because if you
S01 • E01 Isaacson: He said in the end you have to bear - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Isaacson: He said in the end you have to bear
S01 • E01 And if they're really odious, if they're really harmful, - Benjamin Franklin 00:07
And if they're really odious, if they're really ha...
S01 • E01 Woman: If you made a mistake, you could, - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Woman: If you made a mistake, you could,
S01 • E02 Narrator: On July 2, the Continental Congress - Benjamin Franklin 00:13
Narrator: On July 2, the Continental Congress
S01 • E01 And you could fix anything with that errata page. - Benjamin Franklin 00:05
And you could fix anything with that errata page.
S01 • E01 Narrator: Local merchants advertised their goods - Benjamin Franklin 00:08
Narrator: Local merchants advertised their goods
S01 • E02 Two days later, July 4, 1776, 12 of the 13 former - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Two days later, July 4, 1776, 12 of the 13 former
S01 • E01 Franklin also published notices offering rewards - Benjamin Franklin 00:12
Franklin also published notices offering rewards
S01 • E02 New York would take a few more days to make up its mind. - Benjamin Franklin 00:06
New York would take a few more days to make up its mind.
S01 • E02 Man as Franklin: And for the support - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Man as Franklin: And for the support
S01 • E01 Man: To be sold in Lots or singly, - Benjamin Franklin 00:18
Man: To be sold in Lots or singly,
S01 • E02 Narrator: On the same day Benjamin Franklin - Benjamin Franklin 00:16
Narrator: On the same day Benjamin Franklin
S01 • E01 Run away from the subscriber, a Negroe lad called Ned, - Benjamin Franklin 00:28
Run away from the subscriber, a Negroe lad called Ned,
S01 • E02 If you were making a book on this, who would you bet on? - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
If you were making a book on this, who would you bet on?
S01 • E02 There was the greatest military power in Europe, - Benjamin Franklin 00:09
There was the greatest military power in Europe,
S01 • E02 So, it was a longshot, to put it mildly. - Benjamin Franklin 00:04
So, it was a longshot, to put it mildly.
S01 • E02 Brown: And then there are significant numbers - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
Brown: And then there are significant numbers
S01 • E02 And then you have, both within the Colonies, at the borders - Benjamin Franklin 00:15
And then you have, both within the Colonies, at the borders
S01 • E01 Man as Franklin: That hard-to- be-govern'd Passion of Youth - Benjamin Franklin 00:11
Man as Franklin: That hard-to- be-govern'd Passion of Y...