...ways ; we must all hang together." " Yes," replied Franklin, indulging in a witticism on the words, " we must, indeed, all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." 26. Immediately after the declaration had been signed, it was read aloud from the steps of the old...

...ways ; we must all hang together." Tradition assigns to Franklin the well-known, witty reply : " Yes ; we must, indeed, all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." Franklin's signature to the Declaration has the exuberant flourish under it with which he was accustomed...

...— who had said, " There must be no pulling different ways, we must all hang together;" — "Yes, we must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." He was as ready to brave the strokes of arbitrary power, as he had been those of the lightning of Heaven,...

...What Franklin did actually say was characteristically witty. Hancock of Massachusetts remarked : " We must be unanimous ; there must be no pulling different...together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." The two meanings of hang are now very clear, and both the wit and the logic of the philosopher's remark...

...pun. What Franklin did actually say was characteristically witty. Hancock of Massachusetts remarked : "We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different...hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately.'11 The two meanings of hang are now very clear, and both the wit and the logic of the philosopher's...

...remarked : "We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must all hang together}'1 "Yes," replied Franklin, " we must indeed all hang...together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." The two meanings of hang are now very clear, and both the wit and the logic of the philosopher's remark...

...this occasion; "there must be no pulling different ways; we must all hang together." "Yes," answered Franklin, " we must, indeed, all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." This Ulysses of many counsels is next at the head of a Convention at Philadelphia, framing a State...

...name is imperishably associated with the Declaration of American Independence by two specimens of his wit, the rare excellence of which has given them a...which Franklin was afterwards chosen president. On the 2oth this body chose Franklin a member of Congress by the highest number of votes cast for any candidate....

...useless, as it was not the custom of the place to sell on credit. Every one who purchased expected to par. They were parted with, and the inscription now stood....which Franklin was afterwards chosen president. On the 2Oth this body chose Franklin a member of Congress by the highest number of votes cast for any candidate....

...out when the members were about signing the Declaration. "We must -be unanimous," said John Hancock; "there must be no pulling different ways; we must...together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately." CHAPTER XXXV. Great Britain Tries Further Negotiation. — Lord Howe as a Commissioner to Treat with...