1) Franklin was an optimist. Even in the dire situation he was in‚ he still believed that everyone had a chance of surviving. At first‚ when he despaired‚ when he ‘was silent for a few moments’‚ when ‘he rejected quite calmly at first‚ the thought of getting home’‚ he thought he would die. However‚ he surveyed his situation and realized that ‘they had plenty of height and he was not afraid’. He knew he still had a chance of surviving if he tried. Even in an airplane with broken propellers and falling
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Correa 11/20/2017 HIST-1301 Mr.Bodner Semester Writing Assignment Benjamin Franklin was a phylogram (lover of books) from a very young age; “reading was the only amusment I allow’d myself. I spent no time in taverns‚ games‚ or frolicks of any kind.” (FRANKLIN‚ Chapter 8) He would always meet up with some other book lovers and they would meet up to discuss the books they’re reading and share them. This is what inspired Franklin to start a library where all of his book club members would be able to share
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Benjamin Franklin‚ as one the Founding Fathers of United states‚ well-known as politician‚ scientist‚publisher‚ inventor‚ and diplomat‚ defined the American characteristics. He demonstrated the innovative sprit by inventing and experimenting. He discovered electricity and invented lighting rod. He demonstrated the most typical American sprit: freedom‚ independence and equality. Franklin‚ as a newspaperman‚ showed the desire of wanting freedom of speech and media.Rebelling against Britain by supporting
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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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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 and business strategist. He helped bring the country
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Consenting Fathers: Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson Though Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were contemporaries‚ their views‚ backgrounds and modes of influence were very different. Benjamin Franklin was born of a large and poor family and rose to become a model of the emerging bourgeois classes in the American Colonies. Throughout his long and life‚ Franklin succeeded in business‚ science‚ and excellent statesmanship. Thomas Jefferson‚ however‚ rose out of an affluent family to become
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John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Alexander Hamilton‚ John Jay‚ Thomas Jefferson‚ James Madison‚ and George Washington‚ all great men who founded our country. Each one with a different background‚ that changed their future. One of those men‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ was a well-known scientist‚ printer‚ politician‚ freemason‚ inventor‚ and much more. He had a different childhood‚ from what you might see today‚ but still came out being the brilliant man that he was. Like all of us he had dreams‚ but that wasn’t
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If you love a manipulated government‚ conflicts‚ communism and bailouts‚ then Franklin Delano Roosevelt was your man. “Far from pulling the country out of the Great Depression by following Keynesian policies‚ FDR created policies that prolonged the depression until it was more than twice as long as any other depression in American history.” In his 1932 speech when he accepted the Democratic nomination for president‚ Roosevelt promised to tackle the Great Depression with “a new deal for the American
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would live in the lap of luxury. While Chaucer does not directly identify the role that the Franklin plays in society‚ he does praise the Franklin’s gentle manner and breaking of class barriers. Although today’s world views society in
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From Rags to Riches: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. He helped write the Declaration of Independence‚ and co-wrote the U.S Constitution. However‚ he is remembered more as the face on the $100 bill than the man that invented electricity. Despite all of his accomplishments and contributions in the United States‚ Franklin believed himself to be more of a scientist than a political thinker. This irony is evident is his autobiography
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