The life of a man, from naturalistic perspective, reads like a poem, especially of a great one. It has its rhythm and pace, wax and wane and its internal cycle of growth and decay just like an irresistable torrent suspended, interrupted once but finally emptied into sea peacefully.
And Francklin in possession of such life. He was born in a family of poverty and many children. He was the smallest son in a family of 17 children. When he talked about his family, he would say"this obscure family of ours".Having only 2-year education period, he got his Master's degree of Yale and Doctor's degree of Oxford, which must attributed to his extensive readings and intensive studyings. Franckin has 10 year apprentice as a printer that helped a lot to his accumulating of knowledge and informations and contributed a lot to his latter success. One may wonder what hsi epitaph is and might be disappointed by such simple sentence "printer Benjamin Franklin" if he have too much anticipation for some big words.
As founding fathers of the United States, he wrote three decisively documents: The Declaration of Independance, Treaty of Paris and Constitution of the United States, which have a profound impact on the growth of America.
When he was dead, there are 20,000 people attended his funeral procession and his image appeared on 100 American dollars.
Being entitled as The First American, he played many roles, such as printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist and diplomat.
Benjamin Franklin said, without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. This word generated in me a sensation of adventure and I began to regard life as a endless battle and we soilders. We must equip ourselves with sharp weapon and hone our skills to brave adversities.
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