Part 1, opening
Frames the entire work; among the most quoted openings in American letters.
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From The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
The Autobiography opens as a letter from Twyford (1771) to son William, offering Franklin's life as a model worthy of imitation and expressing willingness to 'live it over again' if only to correct the errata.
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