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In 1755, his school developed into a college which subsequently became the University of Pennsylvania. IN SEVENTEEN FIFTY FIVE HIS SCHOOL DEVELOPED INTO A COLLEGE WHICH SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Almanac_, an annual which sold the incredible number of ten thousand a year, and which applied the sagacity and humor of the writer to setting forth a standard of morals, which, however utilitarian and self-seeking, had a powerful influence upon a crude and growing people. Indeed, it is almost the only bit of American literature that circulated throughout the Colonies and infused a national spirit into the half century preceding the Revolution. Once established as a man of property and influence, Franklin bent his energies to setting up a new standard of education. In 1743, he issued proposals for an academy of learning, and in 1744 founded the American Philosophical Society. In 1749, he raised the great sum of five thousand pounds for the new school, and secured an excellent building for it. This far-reaching plan also included a “Free School--for the Instruction of Poor Children in Reading, Writing and Arithmetic”--apparently the first suggestion of a free school in his commonwealth. D THE INCREDIBLE NUMBER OF TEN THOUSAND A YEAR AND WHICH APPLIED THE SAGACITY AND HUMOUR OF THE WRITER TO SETTING FORTH A STANDARD OF MORALS WHICH HOWEVER UTILITARIAN AND SELF SEEKING HAD A POWERFUL INFLUENCE UPON A CRUDE AND GROWING PEOPLE INDEED IT IS ALMOST THE ONLY BIT OF AMERICAN LITERATURE THAT CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE COLONIES AND INFUSED A NATIONAL SPIRIT INTO THE HALF CENTURY PRECEDING THE REVOLUTION ONCE ESTABLISHED AS A MAN OF PROPERTY AND INFLUENCE FRANKLIN BENT HIS ENERGIES TO SETTING UP A NEW STANDARD OF EDUCATION IN SEVENTEEN FORTY THREE HE ISSUED PROPOSALS FOR AN ACADEMY OF LEARNING AND IN SEVENTEEN FORTY FOUR FOUNDED THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY IN SEVENTEEN FORTY NINE HE RAISED THE GREAT SUM OF FIVE THOUSAND POUNDS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL AND SECURED AN EXCELLENT BUILDING FOR IT THIS FAR REACHING PLAN ALSO INCLUDED A FREE SCHOOL FOR THE INSTRUCTION OF POOR CHILDREN IN READING WRITING AND ARITHMETIC APPARENTLY THE FIRST SUGGESTION OF A FREE SCHOOL IN HIS COMMONWEALTH
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