The Exquisite Life of Benjamin Franklin

The Exquisite Life of Benjamin Franklin

11 May 2016

Daniel Fellwock

        New Mexico State University        

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Throughout the ages, different degrees of science such as physics, chemistry, and mathematics where categorized in singular entities separate from each other. However, when one person can see all of the different elements of Science and combine them together into one discipline enlightenment, that person is then known as a polymath. A polymath is one who specializes in many different categories of Education. So when trying to solve a problem with aerodynamics for example, one can look into the characteristics of water for answers. Benjamin Franklin was such a man to incorporate many different disciplines into one fundamental understanding of his environment. He was always a well-educated man Superior to that of his peers since he was a kid. To understand how Benjamin Franklin was such a revolutionary man in his era of living, one must focus on his life as an entirety. 4 it is almost too easy to look at the man on the hundred dollar bill and forget that he was ever a child.

Franklin is a wonderful example of a very powerful mind with a very powerful curiosity. Benjamin Franklin appeared to the world as a man with a certain charm, an enlightened man but beneath this charm what's a man with immense ambition. The range of Benjamin Franklin's achievements is astonishing, he invented the lightning rod, and he was also a diplomat who rescued the American Revolution. As one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, he's one of those most well-known historical figures in American history. And if one were to understand the soul of the man Kama one will see that his mentality and models that he which he lived by, carry the weight of the true nature of the Constitution with him. In essence he is the soul and dream by which America was founded upon. 

"It is the inclination of old men to talk about themselves and their deeds, but just because I'm old, don't feel that you owe me any respect, you can listen or not as you please. I confess right off because if I did not you will not believe me that's another reason why I am talking about myself is to gratify my own vanity. By the way, have you ever noticed that when somebody is making a speech that is introduced by saying 'without vanity I may say', they always say something very Vain about themselves right after. Some people think that vanity is an evil, I don't, I think vanity is one of the Great Comforts of life" (Franklin, 1806)