Ben Franklin Did Everything

Last updated on: January 1, 2013 at 1:00 pm by Joe Carter

Ben Franklin Did Everything 2012-12-31T05:48:22+00:00 Joe Carter

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Maira Kalman posts a charming illustrated story about Ben Franklin and the nature of invention:

I don’t think he was ever bored. He saw a dirty street and created a sanitation department. He saw a house on fire and created a fire department. He saw sick people and founded a hospital. He started our first lending library. He saw people needing an education and founded a university. He started the American Philosophical Society where men and women shared developments in science. And then, by the way, he helped create and run the country. He was a signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

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