Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography Benjamin Franklin, Term Paper

Franklin, instead, was able to see the advantages in unfortunate situations, and to use them to his own benefit. He was able to admit that he was a marginal poet and go on to do other things rather than feel injured or insecure.

Again, I feel that having been educated and a talented reader/writer was responsible for much of Franklin's genius, but the ability to be grateful for hardship, to decide what it takes to be a moral person, to contemplate how to help society, to undertake major ideas and turn them into reality, and to possess an insatiable hunger for learning and industry were not an outcome of a challenging childhood. Franklin was simply blessed with innate insight, humor and gratitude that would have caused him to accomplish great deeds, regardless of his childhood circumstances.Benjamin Franklin's autobiography is an inspiration. I was able to ignore the outdated hints of racism and misogyny, knowing that this man literally gave his entire life to the cause of improving the status of humanity. He was truly interested in being the best person he could be and he achieved that goal far beyond anyone I have ever known, by diligence, determination, humor and wisdom.

Works Cited

Franklin, Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, Random House, New York: 1944.

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