...were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first. So I might, besides correcting the faults, change some sinister accidents and events of it for others more favorable. But though this were denied, I should still accept the offer. Since such a repetition is not to be expected, the next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable as possible by putting it down in writing.Indeed. Ok, he didn't really email me.
He's dead.
But I have been getting his autobiography emailed to me in daily segments. I'm trying this out via DailyLit. They send you books via email in increments you choose. Many, perhaps even most, of the titles are free. I don't know if I'll continue with it after I bid Mr. Franklin adieu, but I am enjoying it.
