BENJAMIN FRANKLIN. 23 



and in the letters to friends in which he touches upon his 

 advancing age and the prospect of death. He had always 

 avoided controversy in defence of his philosophical opinions, 

 trusting that if they were right time and experience would sup- 

 port them, and if wrong they ought to be refuted and rejected. 

 Although he had a few enemies in England and at home, as an 

 American and because of what he had done for America, he 

 was able to thank God that there were not in the whole world 

 any who were his enemies as a man ; for by His grace through 

 a long life he had been enabled so to conduct himself that 

 there did not exist a human being who could justly say, "Ben 

 Franklin has wronged me." 



