Benjamin Franklin's Contributions To Society

Is Benjamin Franklin a good person, worthy of emulation by people today? Unfortunately, some people would say he is not, and that he is an arrogant old man. But, having read his Autobiography , I believe he is, as he was an amazing person, centuries ahead of his time. He rose up from poverty to being one of the most well known figures in history. Through the virtues he applied himself to, he was able to make massive cornerstone contributions to our society, from bifocals to the pro and con list, just to start off naming two.
One of the first of many ways that Benjamin Franklin bettered the people around him was the founding of the Library Company of Philadelphia in 1731. He founded it with his own book collection, as well as some books that the members of the Junto donated. This was the first library in America, and it greatly increased the literacy and common intelligence of the people in Pennsylvania, and inspired similar libraries
This metal fireplace was designed as to reduce smoke output while increasing the heat output. It succeeded in this, and it did not require as much wood to fuel as a normal fireplace. This was an innovative breakthrough at the time, but despite the amount of money Franklin could have made by patenting the Stove, he decided instead to leave it unpatented, since it would become much more widely distributed that way, and in the future it could be improved