... Thoreau. It shows their true character. Benjamin Franklin was a jack-of-all-trades and master of many. No other American, except possibly Thomas Jefferson, has done so many things so well. During his long and useful life, Franklin concerned himself with such different matters as statesmanship ... the leader of his day in the study of electricity. As an inventor, he was unequaled in the United States until the time of Thomas A. Edison. People still quote from Franklin's Sayings of Poor Richard and read his Autobiography. Franklin helped establish Pennsylvania's first university and ... A...

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• Grade Level: High School

... of the society of the eighteenth century, it would be that which Benjamin Franklin deliberately exemplified, for the successful creation not only of his own but the colonies' destiny' . Thomas Jefferson's influence was equally important to American development, due to not only his political influence but his contributions to the world's of science, literature, architectural design. Like Franklin, ... of expression through artistic means, as American culture today encourages, Jefferson referred perhaps more to varied religious practice and the pursuit of happiness through one's chosen liv...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

... draft a treaty with the American Indians. He respects the Indians, and he laments that the harmful effects of alcohol abuse have "annihilated" some tribes. In 1751, Franklin, with his friend Thomas Bond, draft ideas for building a hospital, and Franklin drafts the bill to secure funding. At the same time, he works as an advisor on the construction of a new Presbyterian meeting ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... draft a treaty with the American Indians. He respected the Indians, and he lamented that the harmful effects of alcohol abuse have "annihilated" some tribes. In 1751, Franklin, with his friend Thomas Bond, drafted ideas for building a hospital, and Franklin drafted the bill to secure funding. At the same time, he worked as an advisor on the construction of a new Presbyterian meetinghouse ... ...

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