... in balancing private interest with the public good. Remarkably, in organizing the transport of the stones, the young Franklin had put the public interest ahead of private property. This action reflected the Puritan belief, which is illustrated in John Winthrop's "A Model of Christian Charity." "When dealing with the work in the community, the care of the public must out weigh all private ... from a local bookseller, and developed his own writing skills by imitating the style used by the professional authors. Around the same time, he noted that he befriended a "bookish lad" named John Co...

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