In "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin," we find a list of thirteen virtues "all that at that time occurr'd to me as necessary or desirable." My intention being to acquire the habitude of all ...

1. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. 2. Do what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. 3.

Let’s go around the room and first with you, Bill. What did you mean when you say in the title in your book that Benjamin Franklin was the first American? The First American? MR. BRAND ...

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The Virtues' and 'The Gallows Pole' producer Nickie Sault has launched indie Class 5, and is adapting Ben Myers' novel 'Rare Singles' into a film.

There is an amazing book by one of our interviewees, Sheila Skemp, (Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and Loyalist) that begins with two parallel stories of Benjamin Franklin ...

Born two centuries apart, Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) and Walter Elias Disney (1901-1966), each profoundly impacted ...

Siblings Benjamin Franklin Pepper Jr. and Holly White still ... White, who always keeps a tiny book of Franklin’s sayings ...

First, ponder what is meant by referring to virtues and virtuousness ... The number of keystones can get quite high. Benjamin Franklin famously noted that he believed there were thirteen keystones ...

From the perspective of a classical honorable education, Ben Franklin ... is based on a book from the American Psychological Association in 2004, Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook.

Led by Douglas in the title role of Benjamin Franklin, Franklin will premiere ... Based on Pulitzer Prize winner Stacy Schiff’s book, A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth ...