... describes, "He was very proud, dress'd like a gentleman, liv'd expensively, took much diversion and pleasure abroad, ran in debt, and neglected his business; upon which all business left him."" This list is really the epitome of what Franklin warned would be the ruin of any man who used his profits in such frivolity. At thirty-three Franklin published the first Poor ... of conduct for American culture in historical, political or sociological literature. Not only providing an idyllic depiction of independent America, the language used also suggests a need for persuasion. The relentless l...

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... the house as his "essay in architecture," but today it is recognized as an international treasure. Monticello is the only house in America on the United Nations' prestigious World Heritage List of sites that must be protected at all costs. Visitors today often think of Monticello as an architectural masterpiece, as the site of some of the most beautiful gardens in ... ...

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