“At length the harmony between himself and brother was interrupted, and he left his service and went on board a vessel in the harbor, bound for New York. I endeavoured to make it both entertaining and useful, and it accordingly came to be in such demand, that I reaped considerable profit from it, vending annually near ten thousand.” Franklin learned the printing trade working for his brother and including time he later spent in London working for other printers. “In 1732 I first published my Almanack under the name of Richard Saunders it was continued by me about twenty-five years, and commonly called Poor Richard’s Almanack. And certainly I’m in favor of old people having a little enjoyment.”Īs is usual, the dozen quotes from Ben Franklin follow in bold text:ġ. I’m willing to take the fellow as he averaged out. I think Franklin was a marvelous steward. But he was a very good ambassador and whatever was wrong with him from John Adams’s point of view helped him with the French. This was after he was world famous and rich, and he was more self-indulgent than when he was young and making his way in the world. Franklin was quite old when he was ambassador to France.
#IM IN LOVE WITH BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PLUS#
He was the nation’s leading scientist and inventor, plus a leading author, statesman, and philanthropist. “There is the sheer amount of Franklin’s wisdom… And the talent. His lightning rod helped banish the terror of thunderstorms.”įranklin is a hero to many people including Charlie Munger: He was most famous, of course, for his experiments with electricity, especially lightning. He pioneered the study of water flowing around a hull-hydrodynamics. On his eight trans-Atlantic crossings, Franklin made measurements that helped chart the Gulf Stream. “Franklin started the American Philosophical Society, which was this country’s first scientific society and maintained the first science library, first museum, and first patent office more than 90 members of this society went on to win Nobel Prizes. Franklin helped draft both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.” He served as Pennsylvania’s colonial regent in England from 1757 to 1762. Along the way, he became a world-famous scientist. He was always active in colonial politics. He Philadelphia’s first lending library, first fire department, and first post office. Then Franklin skipped Boston for Philadelphia, where he became a successful printer and writer. He was legally indentured to work in his brother’s print shop when he was 12 years old, and he did so until he turned 17. It is hard to do justice to Franklin’s accomplishments and his life story in a a blog post, but here is a highly simplified summary of the basics: His story is worth learning about in detail and there are some wonderful biographies available. Benjamin Franklin was an amazing person measured by any standard.
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