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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. BENJAMIN WAS A HUMAN KIND OF BOY EAGER TO RUN AWAY TO SEA WENT TO THE KIND OF SCHOOL KEPT BY A SCHOOLMASTER ONLY TWO YEARS OF HIS LIFE EDUCATED HIMSELF ON A MIXED DIET OF JOHN BUNYAN PLUTARCH'S LIVES AND THE SPECTATOR BECAME KIND OF A PRINTER'S DEVIL TO HIS BROTHER JAMES AND EARLY GOT INTO TROUBLE THROUGH INCAUTIOUS WRITINGS FOR THE NEWSPAPERS AT SEVENTEEN THE GRACELESS YOUTH RAN AWAY FROM HOME
and then the British that there was an America; that several million people were determined to cling together as a nation. Washington was the standing proof of the willingness of Americans to fight for self-government; Franklin was the man who went far to convince the world that Americans were capable of carrying on their government after they got it. Besides his reputation as the greatest American writer of his time, and the most renowned scientific man, he gained and deserved the repute of being a main supporting pillar of the new United States of America. [Illustration: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN’S BIRTHPLACE It stood on Milk Street, Boston, until destroyed by fire in 1810] _Franklin in Massachusetts_ In a time when most Americans passed their lives within the borders of their own colony, Franklin was a citizen of two colonies, and an official of four. He honored Massachusetts by being born in Boston in 1706, the son of an emigrant, like millions after him--his father being of English birth.  AMERICA WOULD HAVE BEEN POSTPONED ON THE OTHER HAND IT WAS FRANKLIN'S COOL SAGACITY THAT CONVINCED FIRST THE FRENCH AND THEN THE BRITISH THAT THERE WAS IN AMERICA THAT SEVERAL MILLION PEOPLE WERE DETERMINED TO CLING TOGETHER AS A NATION WASHINGTON WAS THE STANDING PROOF OF THE WILLINGNESS OF AMERICANS TO FIGHT FOR SELF GOVERNMENT FRANKLIN WAS THE MAN WHO WENT FAR TO CONVINCE THE WORLD THAT AMERICANS WERE CAPABLE OF CARRYING ON THEIR GOVERNMENT AFTER THEY GOT IT BESIDES HIS REPUTATION AS THE GREATEST AMERICAN WRITER OF HIS TIME AND THE MOST RENOWNED SCIENTIFIC MAN HE GAINED AND DESERVED THE REPUTE OF BEING A MAIN SUPPORTING PILLAR OF THE NEW UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FRANKLIN IN MASSACHUSETTS IN A TIME WHEN MOST AMERICANS PASSED THEIR LIVES WITHIN THE BORDERS OF THEIR OWN COLONY FRANKLIN WAS A CITIZEN OF TWO COLONIES AND AN OFFICIAL OF FOUR HE HONORED MASSACHUSETTS BY BEING BORN IN BOSTON IN SEVENTEEN O SIX THE SON OF AN EMIGRANT LIKE MILLIONS AFTER HIM HIS FATHER BEING OF ENGLISH BIRTH
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