Posted on 01/17/2021 8:35:32 AM PST by ProgressingAmerica
315 years ago, on January 17th, 1706, Benjamin Franklin came into our world. He would go on to do amazing things, things which it is not my intent to spend another 50000 words re-telling. What I wanted to do instead was invite you and invite everybody to celebrate his life and legacy, and take the time to get to know him a little better on a more personal level. This can be done.
There is a fantastic free open source public domain audiobook of Franklin's autobiography which you can download here, it is well put together and is a great reminder of who we as Americans truely are. Sure, you could read the text of this, that's also freely downloadable online. But there is a distinct power in a human voice as it is heard, a power to which only the audiobook can provide when it comes to a work such as this.
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin
You realize your thirst for liberty will eventually overcome the despair.
Who knew that Franklin would be so against Obamacare, right?
So...in order to find out how old you really are we’re going to have to cut you in half and count the rings?
You’re joking..right?
You’re joking right?
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He is in the $100 bill. Of course Ben Franklin was a President.
BTTP
You’re so right...silly me.
My ancestor.
I’m sure he is disappointed with what we’ve done to the republic.
Great thread y’all, I have enjoyed reading it
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