Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin

18 by Benjamin Franklin, Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790, Pine, Frank Woodworth, 1869-, Smith, E. Boyd (Elmer Boyd), 1860-1943 | 79119 words

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Always visible content "Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin" by Benjamin Franklin is an unfinished me...moir written between 1771 and 1790. Franklin recounts his journey from a young apprentice fleeing Boston to becoming a successful printer and civic leader in Philadelphia. The work famously details his "Project of arriving at moral Perfection" through thirteen virtues, revealing his struggles and philosophies. Written across four parts over nearly two decades, this influential autobiography ends when Franklin was 52, leaving Hidden checkbox to control the toggle Clickable label to show more The extra text that is initially hidden Clickable label to show less three decades of his remarkable life unrecorded. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Chapters

29 chapters
Ch. 1

Chapter 1

Ch. 2

Introduction vii

Ch. 3

INTRODUCTION

Ch. 4

1758. His eldest son Thomas lived in the house at Ecton, and left it

Ch. 5

1721. Reduced about one-third. From a copy in the Library of the

Ch. 6

1. Temperance.

Ch. 7

2. Silence.

Ch. 8

3. Order.

Ch. 9

4. Resolution.

Ch. 10

5. Frugality.