I don't know what else to say about Mr. Benjamin Franklin. As I stated earlier, he may have been a bit pretentious but certainly was smart. He achieved so much in his lifetime. It makes me wonder how the early days of the United States would have turned out if he hadn't been involved.
I was very amused when he said if they had used his plan for the colonies there wouldn't have been any taxes and the entire revolution could have been avoided.
Lately I've been thinking about how history is taught. We learn about people like Benjamin Franklin when we're little, but it's so sugarcoated. We never hear about their personalities, their beliefs and anything controversy. We're lead to believe these historical characters are saints. It's almost shocking when someone hears the truth about these idolized historical characters. I guess there is only so much one can tell a little kid and only so much they can understand. I just think we find out the truth too late.
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