Anonymous ID: 5c59c2 Feb. 20, 2020, 11:25 p.m. No.8204076   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4118 >>4361

Ben Franklin never got anything he wrote published, so, at age 16, he created the persona of a middle-aged widow named Silence Dogood.

Once every two weeks, he would leave a letter under the door of his brother's printing shop. A total of 14 letters were sent.

The letters were published in The New-England Courant fortnightly, and amused readers.

 

so stranger and similar things than to Q have occured

Anonymous ID: 5c59c2 Feb. 20, 2020, 11:33 p.m. No.8204118   🗄️.is 🔗kun

>>8204076

chess

Franklin, who was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, played chess from at least 1733.

Evidence suggests that he was an above-average player, who, however, did not reach the top level. He outlined the essay around 1732, but did not publish it until 1786.

He compares chess to life and writes that foresight, circumspection and caution can be learnt from the game.

After describing the effects chess can have on one's perception of life he describes a set of moral rules that a chess player should hold, including to not cheat and not disturb the opponent.

Franklin suggests that the opponent be told about mistakes he makes, for example if he would lose a piece.