Oblig', etc., Ithoughtitrightheshouldbeinform'dofoursuccessinusingit, , , , onthesamenessoflightningwithelectricity,[107] , anacquaintanceofmine, andoneofthemembersalsoofthatsociety, whowrotemewordthatithadbeenread, , however, , hethoughtthemoftoomuchvaluetobestifled, andadvis''sMagazine; buthechosetoprintthemseparatelyinapamphlet, , itseems, judgedrightlyforhisprofit, forbytheadditionsthatarrivedafterward, theyswell'dtoaquartovolume, whichhashadfiveeditions, andcosthimnothingforcopy-money.
Itwas, however, ,[108] aphilosopherdeservedlyofgreatreputationinFrance, and, indeed, alloverEurope, [109] totranslatethemintoFrench, , preceptorinNaturalPhilosophytotheroyalfamily, andanableexperimenter, whohadform'dandpublish'datheoryofelectricity, , andsaiditmusthavebeenfabricatedbyhisenemiesatParis, , havingbeenassur'dthattherereallyexistedsuchapersonasFranklinatPhiladelphia, whichhehaddoubted, hewroteandpublishedavolumeofLetters, chieflyaddress'dtome, defendinghistheory, anddenyingtheverityofmyexperiments, andofthepositionsdeduc'dfromthem.
