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本杰明·富兰克林：本杰明·富兰克林自传·补录 17
本杰明·富兰克林《本杰明·富兰克林自传》· The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin · 领导
It rained very hard all the day; I was thoroughly soak'd, and by noon a good deal tired; so I stopt at a poor inn, where I staid all night, beginning now to wish that I had never left home. I cut so miserable a figure, too, that I found, by the questions ask'd me, I was suspected to be some runaway servant, and in danger of being taken up on that suspicion. However, I proceeded the next day, and got in the evening to an inn, within eight or ten miles of Burlington, kept by one Dr. Brown. He entered into conversation with me while I took some refreshment, and, finding I had read a little, became very sociable and friendly. Our acquaintance continu'd as long as he liv'd. He had been, I imagine, an itinerant doctor, for there was no town in England, or country in Europe, of which he could not give a very particular account. He had some letters, and was ingenious, but much of an unbeliever, and wickedly undertook, some years after, to travestie the Bible in doggrel verse, as Cotton had done Virgil. By this means he set many of the facts in a very ridiculous light, and might have hurt weak minds if his work had been published; but it never was.
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定位：Additional excerpt 17 · 核对日期：2026-10-19 · 核验：短摘录
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富兰克林离家去费城途中遇上大雨，浑身湿透，到中午又累又饿，只好在一家简陋小客栈过夜。他开始后悔离家出走，而且因为样子狼狈，别人盘问他，怀疑他是逃跑的仆人，可能被抓。第二天他继续赶路，傍晚到了伯灵顿附近一家客栈，店主布朗博士跟他攀谈，发现他读过点书，就变得很友好，两人成了终身朋友。布朗见多识广，能细说欧洲各地，但不太信教，后来还曾用打油诗戏改《圣经》，幸好没出版。这段经历说明：落魄时容易被人看低，但一次真诚交谈可能带来意想不到的友谊和转机。
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富兰克林十七岁从波士顿出走，前往费城，途中在客栈遇到布朗博士，后来两人保持长期友谊。
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