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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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Can't understand these sentences.
That felicity, when I reflected on it, has induced me sometimes to say, that 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.
Source: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The part that I don't understand is this:
"only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first."
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.
Source: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
The part that I don't understand is this:
"only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults of the first."
Top answer
He is likening an imagined repeat of his life to a second edition of a book. He would like to be able to correct some faults in his life in the same way that authors are able to correct errors in a book.
- He is likening an imagined repeat of his life to a second edition of a book.
- He would like to be able to correct some faults in his life in the same way that authors are able to correct errors in a book.
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He is likening an imagined repeat of his life to a second edition of a book. He would like to be able to correct some faults in his life in the same way that authors are able to correct errors in a book.
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