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4 Qualities of Benjamin Franklin That Made Him Memorable

Read Online  Sep 8, 2025 
“The Reception of Benjamin Franklin in France,” circa 1888, captures Benjamin Franklin’s appointment as the first U.S. Ambassador to France. (Library of Congress) 4 Qualities of Benjamin Franklin That Made Him Memorable BY ANNIE HOLMQUIST I recently came across a brief biographical paragraph about him in a book of remembrances written by his fellow American founder Benjamin Rush. True, Franklin was a man who held a prominent position in a history-changing event, but in reading Rush’s memorial of him, I realized that Franklin did several key things in life that would improve our own epitaphs greatly were we to follow his example. Share           Read moreDo you have feedback for our stories? 
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