CHAP. XXIII.One not vers'd in schools,But strong in sense, and wise without the rules.POPE.ARGUMENT.Anecdotes of Doctor Benjamin Franklin, whom the Author visits in Philadelphia.I CARRIED a request to the late Doctor Benjamin Franklin, then president of the state of Pennsylvania, for certain papers, I was to deliver further southward. I anticipated much pleasure, from the interview with this truly great man: To see one, who, from small beginnings, by the sole exertion of native genius, and indefatigable industry, had raised himself to the pinnacle of politics and letters. a man, who, from an hum|ble porter's boy, had elevated himself to be the desirable companion of the great 0