“Benjamin Franklin on Rev. George Whitefield (1763)” Response Questions 1. Why is Whitefield inspired to build an orphanage in Georgia? Why does Franklin oppose the plan? Georgia was the last colony to be founded in the New World by Great Britain. Its purpose was to be a buffer between Spanish Florida and Great Britain’s other eleven colonies. It became in habited by Britain’s outcasts such as debtors and criminals. At the time‚ Georgia was mostly woods and unfit for farming without proper land
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feel as if Benjamin Franklin was forced down your throat when you were growing up. Don’t get me wrong I understand why you feel that way. However‚ Franklin should’ve guided you throughout your entire life. Franklin one stated‚ “Lost time is never found again.” Do remember that being thrown at you as a kid? I didn’t’ think so. Franklin meant that the time that is wasted would never be given again. Basically‚ don’t sit around and take advantage of life. You could’ve benefited from Franklin if you would’ve
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After a few hours‚ we were finished cleaning. We started to rootle around in the library. I was amazed to see the books‚ lying untouched‚ all in good condition‚ they were all first edition books‚ books from the Dicken’s era and so many other books. James was searching for books on architecture and surprisingly he found one and a big
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Sanders 12/14/15 Two uniquely American life stories: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Although Benjamin Franklin and Fredrick Douglass began their lives on the opposite sides of the black-white divide in America‚ their personal narratives contain many parallel features. Both suffered a kind of slavery—indentured servitude to his brother in the case of Franklin and actual slavery in the south in the case of Douglass—and both later rose to
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Benjamin Franklin and Booker T. Washington were both American personalities that assumed great importance in the history of the United States. Franklin was born in 1706‚ in Boston‚ to an English father and an American mother. Washington‚ on the other hand‚ having a family history of slaves‚ did not know his origins or anything about his ancestries. As the author himself says in his autobiography‚ “My life had its beginning in the midst of the most miserable‚ desolate‚ and discouraging surroundings
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Public libraries should only provide books and should not waste their limited money on expensive hi-tech media such as software‚ video‚ or DVD. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Some people hold a view that public libraries should allocate their budget on books only‚ rather than on the advanced facilities such as software‚ video‚ or DVD. In my opinion‚ the functions of modern libraries can be more diversified with the development of our technology. The hi-tech media brings lots of
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In the Article called Public Library Services to the Hmong-American Community: Much Room for Improvement according to Vang‚ it was quite surprising that‚ “the Hmong community is unaware of services that are offered by the public library and do not seek information from the library compared to other immigrants” (Vang‚ para. 9). Unlike other Asian American stereotypes the Hmong are seen as hardworking but lake adjusting to the American culture and therefore are isolated and struggle to read English
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Analysis Team Members: Table of Contents 1. Background The London Public Library is an organization spanning the city of London‚ delivering services from 16 physical locations. The core services of the library include reference‚ reader’s advisory and referral; collections and lending; technology services; programming and community outreach. The library is focused on literacy‚ learning‚ culture/leisure/recreation‚ information and community meeting place. The
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Franklin‚ Paine and the Age of Enlightenment From the end of the 1700s and through the early 1800s‚ America was beginning to see a change in civilization. People were moving from Puritan thoughts and ways towards a new way of a less superstitious‚ more scientific and intellectual interchange. This movement called the Age of Enlightenment influenced the styles and writings of those like Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine. The Age of Enlightenment was a period of questioning and appliance of reasoning
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call to action that was made in 1767 by Benjamin Franklin as a warning of the consequences of the newly imposed stamp act. The Stamp Act of 1765 established a tax on all printed documents which realistically was not a significant monetary burden against the colonists it was however a matter of principle. Franklin was concerned that the Stamp Act would divide the colonies and the “mother land” if it was not repealed. I believe that Benjamin Franklin played a very important role in the repeal
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