Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin is the urban entrepreneur who rose to the top of the social ladder, becoming a scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer and business strategist. Franklin success is because of his soft countenance, initiative and morals. Franklin preached an egalitarian way of life, believing anyone could make it to the top. In Walter Isaacson's, 2003 book, Benjamin Franklin we get a vivid description of Franklin's life. His inventions and accomplishments are explained. But most importantly, Isaacson explains how we are living in a country centered around Franklin's beliefs.
Throughout Franklin's life he gained inspiration, but without his initiative he would not have been what he was. In 1723 Franklin migrated to Philadelphia to become a printer. Samuel Keimer, a stranger let Franklin be his apprentice. Keimer was known throughout Philadelphia as a disheveled and quirky man with a motley printing operation. Franklin quoted him as " An odd fish whom was a paternal man to me."......
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