The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“there there's a great line about this in uh ben franklin's uh autobiography actually he says i took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal but to avoid all appearances to the contrary ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 10s

“and franklin writes up this story in his autobiography which is i guess i mean probably the first great classic of american literature ”

“his autobiography is still one of the 50 great books in american history ”

“the farm boy who dreamed of mansions found his roadmap in an unlikely place benjamin franklin's autobiography ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s

“in his autobiography which is you know eighty pages ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 3s

“the autobiography of benjamin franklin i covered this all the way back on founders number sixty two and in his autobiography ben talks about this ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 8s

“back on founders number sixty two i covered the autobiography of benjamin franklin ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

“let me put this book down and let me pick up franklin's autobiography ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 4s

“it's similar to benjamin franklin writing in his autobiography two hundred and fifty years ago ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 5s

“okay so that's for the beginning of uh the book that i'm gonna talk to you about today which is the autobiography of benjamin franklin ” ▶ tap to hear this moment · 6s