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From the first he found himself more at home in Philadelphia than in Boston. A man never overdisposed to self denial, he enjoyed the comfort, the good dinners, the pleasant associations, the building up of social forces. FROM THE FIRST HE FOUND HIMSELF MORE AT HOME IN PHILADELPHIA THAN IN BOSTON A MAN NEVER OVERDISPOSED TO SELF DENIAL HE ENJOYED THE COMFORT THE GOOD DINNERS THE PLEASANT ASSOCIATIONS THE BUILDING UP OF SOCIAL FORCES
ions after him--his father being of English birth. Benjamin was a human kind of boy, eager to run away to sea; went to the kind of school kept by a school-master only two years of his life; educated himself on a mixed diet of John Bunyan, “Plutarch’s Lives” and the “Spectator”; became a kind of printer’s devil to his brother James; and early got into trouble through incautious writing for the newspapers. At seventeen the graceless youth ran away from home. Yet he came back four times to visit Boston, and toward the end of his life wrote, “I long much to see again my native place and to lay my bones there--my best wishes attend my dear country.” [Illustration: THE SO-CALLED “VERSAILLES” PORTRAIT OF FRANKLIN From an engraving by Levy, owned by Clarence W. Bowen, Brooklyn, N. Y.] _Franklin as a Pennsylvanian_ On his arrival in Philadelphia in 1723, Benjamin Franklin began to make himself a commonwealth builder, and for more than thirty years he was one of the motive forces in that colony.  SECTION NINE OF THE MENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THIS IS A LIBER VOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT O R G RECORDING BY JOHN DEWERTY THE MENTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN VOLUME SIX NUMBER SEVEN SERIAL NUMBER ONE FIVE FIVE MAY FIFTEENTH NINETEEN EIGHTEEN BY ALBERT BUSHNOT HART SECTION NINE FRANKLIN AS A PENNSYLVANIAN PART ONE ON HIS ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA IN SEVENTEEN TWENTY THREE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BEGAN TO MAKE HIMSELF A COMMONWEALTH BUILDER AND FOR MORE THAN THIRTY YEARS HE WAS ONE OF THE MOTIVE FORCES IN THAT COLONY
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