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life. Ben Franklin was similar in his approach: no focus on esoteric concepts but rather dedication to common sense approaches t...

Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. 10. Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanline...

chastity and humility. He listed them subjectively, in what he regarded as their order of importance. But out of all these lauda...

In eleven pages this paper considers Benjamin Franklin's perspectives on society and self in comparison with the views of Thomas H...

It was his lecture "Acres of Diamonds" that brought him to riches, though (Center for History and New Media, 2002). He was on a na...

This book review pertains to Jean M. Twenge's text Generation Me, which is a study of the differences between the attitudes and se...

Knowledge and learning were extremely important in America during colonial times. With examples such as Benjamin Franklin and Thom...

embodied the spirit of virtue. He tried to make himself into the best person he knew how. He met many people in his lifetime. H...

In 5 pages this paper discusses how Franklin and Fitzgerald presented morality and the American Dream in a comparative analysis of...

continue to flourish. Unfortunately, however, it has been throughout the last century that this idea has suffered various forms o...

In a paper that consists of seven pages the American Dream is considered within the context of Benjamin Franklin's early life and ...

In five pages this research paper considers Benjamin Franklin's relationship with influential Anglican clergyman George Whitefield...

general, an office he held for one year" (Anonymous Benjamin Franklin, 2002; franklin.htm). In the year 1775 he traveled to Can...

playing ball, wrestling, running foot-races, fiddling, dancing, and drinking whisky; and this latter mode of spending the time was...

of his definition of self as it relates to Americans is scattered and often vague. Bearing this in mind we turn to the philosophic...

In five pages this paper examines Benjamin Franklin's autobiography in a consideration of Puritanism and anti Puritanism. Two oth...

In five pages the world and religion as man relates to both are considered in the context of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography and...

years before, a clause in a bill brought into Parliament by the ministry had proposd to make the kings instructions laws in the co...

printing shop in Philadelphia, and, with hard work and dedication, began to thrive (A Quick Biography, 2011). During the 1730s, hi...

Some of Ben Franklin's wise words about money and specifically about lending it to friends is compared/contrasted with what the Bi...

to promote his ideas being a printer and prospering in his business, his actions also promoted his ideal for constant improvement ...

In six pages this paper examines how de Crevecoeur's Letters From an American Farmer and Franklin's Autobiography reveal the true ...

In three pages Rev. Edwards' ecclesiastical focus is compared and contrasted with Franklin's individual focuses in their autobiogr...

In five pages the autobiography of this simple yet very complex man is discussed. One source is cited in the bibliography....

enables one to find or make a Reason for everything one has a mind to do." I have picked a selection from the autobiography to sh...

of his accomplishments, many of which are successful. One of the problems in the writings of a man outlining his own accomplishme...

many different organizations, all the while also illustrating and supporting the truth that so many of the African Americans suppo...

place concurrently at the same time) rather than consecutively (one at a time after each other). Possible paths Total number of ...

opportunity and they also, in many ways, dismissed the pomp of the British aristocratic (Sandefur, 2007). It is perhaps th...

slaves are forcibly taken from their native lands, "Husbands from their Wives, Parents from their Children," which he argues goes ...