The Virtue of Industry In Benjamin Franklin “Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection‚” he lists 13 virtues. Through extensive studies on the world’s major religions and various moral codes‚ he came up with a list of 13 main virtues that he felt every person should strive to live their life by. Virtue number six‚ industry states “Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions.” When Mr. Franklin wrote this virtue he meant hard workers are Gone with
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Benjamin Franklin: The World’s Most Influential Inventor Benjamin Franklin once said‚ “Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What ’s a sundial in the shade?” 1 Throughout history there have been many amazing inventors who used their talents to innovate beyond their time period. People like Thomas Edison‚ Henry Ford‚ and Alexander Graham Bell were examples of such talented innovators with inventions that are in one way or another still used in today’s day to day life. To
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As one of our founding fathers‚ Benjamin Franklin appears among the most interesting and intelligent men of colonial times. A true American pioneer‚ Franklin became a successful printer‚ talented inventor‚ important diplomat‚ and celebrated author after publishing his own Autobiography. Thriving in the difficult printmaking business‚ Benjamin Franklin was the ultimate entrepreneur. A very frugal man at the start‚ Franklin counted every single penny; this sort of self-control corresponds with the
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The Benjamin Franklin You Never Knew Famous Person Report By: Ian McGowan-Jepsen For: Mrs. Crawford My famous person is named Benjamin Franklin. This book describes Benjamin Franklin as a self-improvement genius‚ inventor‚ businessman‚ scientist‚ world traveler‚ community organizer‚ and a generous person to everyone. He was the first American who was famous in both America and Europe. In this report I will list five important facts about Mr. Franklin’s
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Benjamin Franklin is known for many things. Being the face of the hundred dollar bill‚ a writer‚ signing the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution‚ or even as an inventor. What many people don’t know‚ is that Benjamin Franklin had created what he called ‘his plan’. He followed this plan until he was 79 years old. It was at 79 that we wrote about his life. One of the stories he tells is the speckled axe. I think that the speckled axe can provide guidance to any teenager. Benjamin Franklin’s
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Benjamin Franklin was one of the most influential men of the eighteenth century. He was the only man to sign all of these four major documents: the Declaration of Independence‚ the Treaty of Alliance with France‚ the Constitution of the United States‚ and the Treaty of Peace with Great Britain. Franklin was an inventor‚ a philosopher‚ a writer‚ a musician‚ and he actively participated in many congressional articles used by the government of the United States of America. His tombstone‚ however‚ simply
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American Dream Having established the first library‚ opened his own university‚ and invented several pivotal technological advances‚ Benjamin Franklin – one of America’s leading forefathers – was a prominent‚ innovative leader‚ whose ideas and life achievements were important to the founding of America and led to the creation of the idea of the American Dream. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ in 1706 to a large lower-middle class family. In his autobiography‚ Franklin works his
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Presentation 9/24/12 Essay #6 Jessica Brooks Pd. 2 The essay Citizen Ben: A worldly American’s Seven Great Virtues by Walter Isaacson is an essay begins talking about Benjamin Franklin. When we think of Benjamin Franklin our minds automatically turn to the story about him flying a kite in a lightening storm with a rod on to prove that lightening was electricity. This is one thing that Franklin did but he did many more as well‚ in fact it says that he was an inventor diplomat‚ writer
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Comparing Benjamin Franklin to Mary Rowlandson The literature written during this time period reveals the important part the supernatural (God) played during those changing times. The new world was struggling for a new identity. Were these individuals also defining the role of God to themselves? In this discussion the lives of Mary Rowlandson and Benjamin Franklin will be compared. Each penned a narrative of their life experiences. There are marked contrasts and comparisons between these two individuals
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Benjamin Franklin is credited for this saying. It was published in his book‚ Poor Richard’s Almanack. Benjamin Franklin‚ the man who revolutionized electricity‚ was also one of the U.S.’s founding fathers. Franklin made huge contributions to the political foundation of the United States and Franklin also had a genius mind for invention. He cleaned and lit the roads of Philadelphia’s streets. The creation of the Library Company was a chief accomplishment by Franklin in his era. His aid to the Philadelphia’s
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