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A year of this was too much for the slender means of the father, so Benjamin was sent to George Brownell for instruction. THE YEAR OF THIS WAS TOO MUCH FOR THE SLENDER MEANS OF THE FATHER SO BENJAMIN WAS SENT TO GEORGE RANNEL FOR INSTRUCTION
NKLIN. 1723] _BENJAMIN FRANKLIN_ _His Life_ ONE Benjamin Franklin, born in Boston, Massachusetts, January 17, 1706 (January 6, Old Style), of humble parents, was one of the heroes of the War of Independence, one of the cleverest of American diplomats, and one of the greatest American politicians and statesmen. But this was not all: he possessed so many talents that he can only be described properly as a universal genius. Franklin’s life is one huge catalogue of performances, hard indeed to tabulate, for he went from one thing to another with remarkable rapidity and excelled in everything that he undertook. A recital of his accomplishments sounds like a round of the old counting game, “Doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief.” He was, in fact, all the list but the “thief”--even the “beggarman.” Franklin’s father, Josiah Franklin, a candle maker, intended that his son should enter the ministry of the Puritan Church, and with this idea sent him, when eight years old, to the Boston Grammar School. FIFTEENTH NINETEEN EIGHTEEN BY ELBERT BUSHNAIL HART SECTION TWO BENJAMIN FRANKLIN BORN IN BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS JANUARY SEVENTEENTH SEVENTEEN HUNDRED SIX JANUARY SIXTH OLD STYLE OF HUMBLE PARENTS WAS ONE OF THE HEROES OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE ONE OF THE CLEVEREST OF AMERICAN DIPLOMATS AND ONE OF THE GREATEST AMERICAN POLITICIANS AND STATESMEN BUT THIS WAS NOT ALL HE POSSESSED SO MANY TALENTS THAT HE CAN ONLY BE DESCRIBED PROPERLY AS A UNIVERSAL GENIUS FRANKLIN'S LIFE IS ONE HUGE CATALOGUE OF PERFORMANCES HARD INDEED TO TABULATE FOR HE WENT FROM ONE THING TO ANOTHER WITH REMARKABLE RAPIDITY AND EXCELLED IN EVERYTHING THAT HE UNDERTOOK THE RECITAL OF HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS SOUNDS LIKE A ROUND OF THE OLD COUNTING GAME DOCTOR LAWYER MERCHANT CHIEF HE WAS IN FACT ALL THE LIST BUT THE THIEF EVEN THE BEGGAR MAN FRANKLIN'S FATHER JOSIAH FRANKLIN THE CANDLEMED THAT HIS SON SHOULD ENTER THE MINISTRY OF THE PURITAN CHURCH AND WITH THIS IDEA SENT HIM WHEN EIGHT YEARS OLD TO THE BOSTON GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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