[pic] I am a provider‚ to those living and to those not: My abundant leaves for the paper you waste‚ My towering trunk for what furniture’s based‚ Air breathed and fruits consumed‚ I bestow upon you. I am a tree; please acknowledge me. 5 I am like a child‚ defenseless‚ desperate‚ and delicate. High and mighty I stand without bothering your people‚ Yet you ravenously wreck the grounds of the feeble. What was once plenty is now
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Benjamin Franklin Ben Franklin was a very important man in U.S. history. He signed each of four major documents of the United States‚ and conducted experiments on electricity. Ben Franklin was born on Milk Street‚ January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. His father owned a candle and soap shop. Everyone referred to his father as a leather apron. Leather aprons were usually carpenters‚ black smiths‚ shoemakers and others who made their living producing household goods to sell. Ben Franklin
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Ben Franklin Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17‚ 1706‚ in Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. His father‚ Josiah Franklin‚ a soap and candle maker had 17 children. Benjamin was his very last child. Ben was removed at 10 from the Boston Latin School to work with his father at candle making‚ but dipping wax and cutting wicks didn’t spark with him. Later on‚ Josiah apprenticed Ben at 12 to his brother James at his print shop. Ben loved it‚ despite his brother’s hard treatment. When James
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The two documents “Thomas Jefferson on the French Revolution‚” and “A Positive American View‚” are both written by American public figures‚ who are both in support of the revolutionary cause in France. In these documents they both express their views on the progress and steps taken by the people of France in general during this time. They raise interest in the reign of terror and what the monarch’s role should be in the future France. Thomas Jefferson first saw the French Revolutionaries‚ the
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Franklin Pierce‚ one of eight children of Benjamin and Anna Kendrick Pierce‚ was born in Hillsborough‚ N. H.‚ on Nov. 23‚ 1804. His father had served in the American Revolution and later became governor of New Hampshire. Pierce was educated at Hillsborough Center‚ Hancock Academy‚ and Bowdoin College‚ from which he graduated in 1824 after advancing from last place to fifth from the top of his class. In 1829‚ he was elected to the state legislature‚ two years after his father won election to the
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2013 Benjamin Franklin’s Philosophies Benjamin Franklin was one of the greatest men to walk this earth. His accomplishments range from being a wonderful politician and statesman‚ to a scientist and an author. He also conquered many personal goals that made him a person that people sought to be around and to be like. In his early 20’s‚ Franklin decided that he wanted to become a “perfect” being. Following a list of 13 virtues‚ and other philosophies that we will look into‚ Franklin was able
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The Autobiography and other Writings of Benjamin Franklin: In this autobiography about Benjamin Franklin I learned a lot of new material I did not know before. Mr. Franklin was born in Boston‚ MA. He was born on January 17‚ 1706. Benjamin is the youngest of five generations of youngest sons. He had 11 brothers and sisters. His father made soap and candles for a living. His mother raised the children. Ben went to school and finished in 1716. Though he would have liked to continue‚ his family was
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Steven Shamlian‚ Anubhav Kaul Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States‚ from 1889-1893. He was 56 when he was elected president. Benjamin Harrison was born to a Presbyterian family on Aug. 20‚ 1833‚ on his grandfather’s farm in North Bend‚ Ohio. He was named for his great-grandfather‚ a signer of the Declaration of Independence. His grandfather was William Henry Harrison‚ the 9th president. Ben was the second of the 10 children of John Scott Harrison and Elizabeth Irwin
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In our class‚ Survey of American Literature‚ we have read and analyzed the classic American works that have influenced and in some cases ingrained themselves into our country’s identity and belief system. Among those studied has been Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography‚ Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essays‚ The American Scholar and Self -Reliance‚ and Frederick Douglass’ Narrative. Each of these covers a vast amount of subjects that could be discussed‚ but one that proves most compelling is the topic of education
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Personality: Type a (Extroverts) Type A personality types are called Extroverts. People with this personality choice lack in patience’s and tend to get frustrated fairly easy/short tempered‚ they are excessively self-critical‚ but have a strong urge towards competition and a high desire to accomplish tasks. Achievements are extremely important for Extroverts as they always want to perform to the best of their ability/stand out from the crowd and look impressive‚ however extroverts experiences
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