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    Snippets of Benjamin Franklin
    Snippets of Benjamin Franklin
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    Snippets of Benjamin Franklin

    By Dave Farnham

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    Benjamin Franklin led an astonishing life. His work as a scientist would in itself have preserved his name for posterity. But add to that his genius as an inventor (he invented, among other things, bifocal glasses) and his fame as a diplomat, writer , political leader and philanthropist, and you have someone unique in the history, not just of America (he was one of the Founding Fathers) but of the world.

    His wisdom, wit and forward thinking are still available for us to mull over, discuss and smile at today. This book contains a collection of his thoughts on a variety of subjects. Each one is to be savoured and read thoughtfully: their truth still resonates.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMTB
    Release dateOct 6, 2014
    ISBN9781311475046
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      Snippets of Benjamin Franklin - Dave Farnham

      SNIPPETS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

      BY

      DAVE FARNHAM

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Dave Farnham

      Disclaimer

      While every effort has been made to ensure the information in this book is correct, human error is always a possibility and therefore the author cannot accept responsibility for any inaccuracies.

      CONTENTS

      Introduction

      Himself

      Achievement

      America

      General Philosophy

      Happiness

      Humankind

      Learning

      Love & Marriage

      Money

      The poor

      Time

      War

      Wise sayings

      INTRODUCTION

      Anyone reading this with the aid of bifocals has good reason to be grateful to Benjamin Franklin – they were just one of his many inventions.

      American history is peppered with the names of great inventors, political leaders, scientists and writers. In each one of those categories could be listed many who achieved much and whose fame and legacy lives on after them. But Franklin, often labelled ‘The First American’, managed in the space of one

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