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by Philarète Chasles (Author)

"... J'ai marqué sur ce berceau des États-Unis les dates importantes: 1633, 1638, 1673; l'émigration, la persécution, la législation. Peu d'années après cette dernière date, en 1682, un puritain fervent du Northamptonshire, nommé Josiah Franklin, fatigué de ne pouvoir prier à son aise, suivit le torrent de ses frères, et émigra pour la Nouvelle-Angleterre, emmenant avec lui une jeune femme et trois enfants. C'était une famille pauvre, laborieuse, croyante et habituée à braver le pouvoir. Elle en avait la tradition comme l'orgueil. Sous le règne de Marie Tudor, elle avait professé, dans sa cabane du Northamptonshire, les dogmes de Calvin. La bible calviniste était renfermée dans un vieux tabouret de chêne couvert de velours. Le soir, un des enfants se plaçait en vedette à la porte de la chaumière, pour avertir en cas de péril. Le grand-père posait le tabouret sur ses genoux, soulevait le couvercle, tournait les feuillets et faisait la lecture. La sentinelle annonçait la venue de l'appariteur ecclésiastique, chargé de dénoncer ces grands délits; on refermait le couvercle, le tabouret retombait à sa place naturelle, chacun reprenait son travail, et l'appariteur ne voyait rien. Josiah Franklin, l'un des dignes et humbles fils de cette vieille race opposante, alla donc à Boston, s'établir comme fabricant de savon et de chandelles. Il eut dix-sept enfants; le quinzième de ces enfants naquit en 1706, fit beaucoup de bruit dans le monde, et fut Benjamin Franklin..."

Number of Pages: 44
Dimensions: 0.11 x 9 x 6 IN
Publication Date: January 30, 2024

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