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 ...

In Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle gives this example of how the process works: “By abstaining from pleasures we become temperate, and it is when we have become so that we are most able to abstain from ...

Ben Franklin — whose electric experiments are most frequently associated with flying a kite in a thunderstorm — built and tested one such high-voltage motor. It wasn’t very powerful ...

Looking for more ways to engage with Benjamin Franklin? These engagement resources are designed for families, educators, and communities to explore ways to tell untold stories in American history ...

Why a film about Benjamin Franklin ... My favorite Franklin aphorism may be, “The wise and brave dares own he was wrong.” As a young man, Franklin had a list of virtues he tried to uphold ...

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A technology pioneered by Benjamin Franklin is being revived to build more efficient electric motors, an effort in its nascent stage that has the potential to be massive. A handful of ...

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH OLE BEN FRANKLIN LOOOOONNNGGG story short, we traded a truck for a truck and then they repossessed the truck we purchased because they couldn't retail our trade in.

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Ben Cohen writes the Science of Success column for The Wall Street Journal about what makes people, teams and ideas work in business, culture and beyond. Before starting this weekly column ...

The managers also continue to run Franklin Managed Income FBLAX, where Perks has served since that fund's 2006 launch. Brighton and Circle have each been comanagers on the two strategies since ...