In his legendary autobiography, the opening chapter of which he penned in 1771, Benjamin Franklin wrote the following: "Indeed, I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, 'Without vanity I may say,' &c., but some vain thing immediately followed." In like manner, when a journalist claims that his scandalous-sounding...
In his legendary autobiography, the opening chapter of which he penned in 1771, Benjamin Franklin wrote the following: “Indeed, I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, ‘Without vanity I may say,’ &c., but some vain thing immediately followed.” In like manner, when a journalist claims that his scandalous-sounding…