... and reiterated to the present day. Born into fairly humble surroundings, one of fifteen children, Franklin was somewhat rebellious but obviously precocious. He took advantage of this intelligence, with his ambition driving him from a very young age he was the owner of a print shop (a fast evolving trade at this point, in America) by twenty-four, soon using this to ... spoon."" He also recounted stories of less hardworking, more indulgent associates, and their subsequent downfalls, of which, he continues, is due to their chosen business strategies, so different from his own. Of a threat...

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