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Above all, Franklin was an enthusiast with an insatiable curiosity and a fearless
approach to life. For example, when he had a theory that lightning actually was elec-
trical charges, he flew a kite into a lightning storm to prove it! But how did Franklin
find time to achieve all this in one lifetime? Franklin gives us the answer to this, as
well as many other questions, in a book called Poor Richard’s Almanac, which
Franklin published in yearly instalments between 1732 and 1758. (The “poor
Richard” of the title refers to his pseudonym Richard Saunders.)
T he Art of Virtue
by Benjamin Franklin
resolution besluttsomhet,
forsett / rådsnarheit, forsett
resolve beslutte/avgjere
frugality sparsommelighet/
sparsemd
deceit bedrag
Idleness is, as we all know, the root of all evil, so Franklin also devises a
timetable to ensure that the twenty-four hours of the day are used as
effectively as possible:
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9 Work
10
11
2
3 Work
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