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Returning in 1727, he, first of all, laid the foundations of a printing business large and profitable for the time. In 1729, then only twenty three years old, he started a newspaper for himself, which speedily made him a force in the community. RETURNING IN SEVENTEEN TWENTY SEVEN HE FIRST OF ALL LAID THE FOUNDATIONS OF A PRINTING BUSINESS LARGE AND PROFITABLE FOR THE TIME IN SEVENTEEN TWENTY NINE THEN ONLY TWENTY THREE YEARS OLD HE STARTED A NEWSPAPER FOR HIMSELF WHICH SPEEDILY MADE HIM A FORCE IN THE COMMUNITY
it 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. 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. Still, at that time Franklin had a much greater interest in Benjamin Franklin than in the community around him. He even showed the unusual enterprise of going abroad in 1725, a practice commonly reserved for wealthy Colonials who wanted to spend their money like gentlemen. N 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 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 STILL AT THAT TIME FRANKLIN HAD A MUCH GREATER INTEREST IN BENJAMIN FRANKLIN THAN IN THE COMMUNITY AROUND HIM HE EVEN SHOWED THE UNUSUAL ENTERPRISE OF GOING ABROAD IN SEVENTEEN TWENTY FIVE A PRACTICE COMMONLY RESERVED FOR WEALTHY COLONIALS WHO WANTED TO SPEND THEIR MONEY LIKE GENTLEMEN
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