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Once launched as a publisher, Franklin extended his ventures more and more widely; and in 1740 he founded a _General Magazine_, and was one of the first Americans to discover how much money can be sunk in a literary periodical and in how short a time. ONCE LAUNCHED AS A PUBLISHER FRANKLIN EXTENDED HIS VENTURES MORE AND MORE WIDELY AND IN SEVENTEEN FORTY HE FOUND IT A GENERAL MAGAZINE AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICANS TO DISCOVER HOW MUCH MONEY CAN BE SUNK IN A LITERARY PERIODICAL AND IN HOW SHORT A TIME
y, 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. 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.  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 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
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