Freemasonry in France : Taxil Hoax, History of Freemasonry in France, Grand Orient de France, French Rite, Primitive Scottish Rite (2010, Trade Paperback)
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 52. Chapters: Les Neuf S urs, Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, John Paul Jones, Taxil hoax, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Antoine Laurent de Jussieu, Pierre Jean George Cabanis, History of Freemasonry in France, Grand Orient de France, Continental Freemasonry, Nicolas Chamfort, Jerome Lalande, French Rite, Primitive Scottish Rite, Jean-Francois Marmontel, Antoine Court de Gebelin, Grande Loge de France, Women's Grand Lodge Of France, Jean-Nicolas Demeunier, Gilbert Romme, Grande Loge Nationale Francaise, Georges Martin, Universal Mixed Grand Lodge, Mixed Grand Lodge of France. Excerpt: Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A noted polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, musician, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. He invented the lightning rod, bifocals, the Franklin stove, a carriage odometer, and the glass 'armonica'. He formed both the first public lending library in America and the first fire department in Pennsylvania. Franklin earned the title of "The First American" for his early and indefatigable campaigning for colonial unity; as an author and spokesman in London for several colonies, then as the first United States Ambassador to France, he exemplified the emerging American nation. Franklin was foundational in defining the American ethos as a marriage of the practical and democratic values of thrift, hard work, education, community spirit, self-governing institutions, and opposition to authoritarianism both political and religious, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. In the words of historian Henry Ste...
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Freemasonry in France : Taxil Hoax, History of Freemasonry in France, Grand Orient de France, French Rite, Primitive Scottish Rite