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Ben Franklin Chapter 14-27

Chapter 14 (Big Promises from a Fancy Politician)

y John Collins- only one of Bens friends who knew where he wasy Robert Holmes- Bens brother in law, showed Bens letter to the governory Sir William Keith- provincial governor of Pennsylvania, told Ben he should start his own businessy Colonel French- was with the governor when the governor had lunch with Ben for the first time

*Sir William Keith tells Ben to start his own business and shows him the outline and says he will write a letter of recommendation to Bens

father that he will not be able to refuse*

~Poor Richard once said, the favor of the great is no inheritance

Chapter 15 (Returning Home to Boston)

y Spent 2 weeks on the watery Been gone from Boston 7 monthsy James- Bens brother was offended by his v isity Boston had paper currencyy

Ben only 18 not a man for 3 more yearsy John Collins decided to join Ben in Philadelphia.y Bens dad refused but said that if he spends his money modestly he might have enough to open his own business by the time he is 21.y Ben left with his parents blessing

~Poor Richard once said, In success be moderate

Chapter 16 (More Mistakes and Bigger Promises)

y Vernon (James friend) needed to collect 35 pounds from someone in Pennsylvania. So Ben went with a collection order.y Ben met 3 women on his trip and 2 ended up being prostitutesy Collins was extremely gifted in math but a drunk. (he gambled in New York and lost all his money)y William Burnet- the provincial governor of New York conversed with Ben about books and authors.y Collins borrowed a lot of Bens $.y Collins refused to row and so Ben threw him overboard.y Collins took a job with a West India captain who was looking for a tutor for the sons of a gentleman in Barbados. (Ben never saw him again)y Sir William believed everyone should be judged on their own meritsy Sir William had a tendency to make promises he never intended to keepy Ben going to England

~Poor Richard once said, He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with fleas.

Chapter 17 (The Art of Upward Influence)

y Socratic method while arguing with Keimery Keimers role: preach the doctrinesy Bens role: thwart anyone who questioned themy 2 of Keimers doctrines came from the Mosaic Law 1. thou shalt not mar the corners of thy bread 2. Sabbathy Ben will help if Keimer trys to be a vegitatian

~Poor Richard once said, Eat to live, and not live to eat

Chapter 18 (My Friends and Pastimes)

y Watson- piou, sensible man of great integrity

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y Osborne- sincere, affectionate but could be too frank in matters of literary criticismy Ralph- intelligent, genteel in his manners, & the most eloquent talker (wanted to be a famous poet)y A merchant can succeed through hard work and a good reputation but a poet is subject to fickle literary publicy Compose a new version of Psalms 18 (a poem describing the descent of a deity)y Played a trick Ben read Ralphs poem as his owny Watson died in bens armsy Osborne went to the west indies and became a wealthy lawyer but died young

~Poor Richard once said, Great talkers, little doers.

Chapter 19 (Departing for London)

y Miss Deborah Ready Governor and Riddlesden have scheme to blacken the reputation of mr. Hamilton

Chapter 20 (Making the Best of it in London)

y The London of 1724 was driven by trade, commerce, and the stock markety Ben found work at the print shop of Mr. Palmer

-spent his money going to plays with Ralph

y Regrets telling Deborah not to expect him back any time soony 2nd edition of Wollastons book Religion of Naturey Wrote a pamphlet to it where he critiques it called A Dissertation on Liberty and Necessity, Pleasure and Pain dedicated it to James Ralph

-latter thought printing the pamphlet was a mistake and burned as many copies as he could

y Wilcox- neighbor in little Britain, bookseller (had many used books that he let Ben use) (gave Ben the idea for the library)y Mr.Lyons- author of The Infallibility of Human Judgment and a surgeony Dr. Mandeville- author of Fable of the Bees

Chapter 21 (Another Friendship Ends)

y Franklins move to John Watts print shop did more to develop his skills as a printer than anything else he did in London.y Ben & Ralph no longer friendsy Ralph changed his name to Frankliny Ben tried to sleep with Ralphs girl

Chapter 22 (Beer and Productivity)

y Power of freedom and reasony Chose to work the press so he could enjoy the bodily exercisey Water Americany Print Shop Ghost

Chapter 23 (More Tales of My Frugality)

y a penny saved is a penny earnedy A good relationship is often the best leverage in negotiationy Ben ended up paying less than of what he started out at for lodging

Chapter 24 (The End of the London Adventure)

y Wygate- more educated than most printers, wanted to own his own print shop someday too.y Ben taught Wygate how to swim

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y Ben swam from Chelsea all the way back to Blckfryars (3 miles)y Wygate wanted himself and Ben to travel all over Europe and support themselves by working in the print shopsy Mr. Denham wanted Ben to return to Philadelphia with him and be his clerk and then he would help Ben set up a business in the west indiesy Mr.Denham paid back his London debt plus interesty Sir William Wyndham wanted Ben to teach his boys how to swim but Ben had to turn him down because he was leaving in a few days

-made Ben wonder if he should stay in England and open a swimming school. (he probably would have stayed if Wyndham had offered sooner)

y Spent 18 months in Londony James Ralph kept him poor and owed him a amount equal to half his current annual wagey Improved the quality of his social network.

~Poor Richard once said, All things are easy to Industry, All things are difficult to sloth~

PART II

THE RISE OF AN ENTREPRENEUR

Chapter 25 (Setting a Course and Staying Flexible)

y Voyage back to America= new beginningy Those who write about poetry teach us the greatest poems always begin with a grand design or plan.y Bens plan

1.be extremely frugal for some time, until he has paid all his debts

2. speak truth, avoid giving people expectations that cant be met

3. work hard at what ever he ends up doing (hard work and patience are the most certain ways to wealth)

4. never speak poorly of anyone (whenever possible speak all the good I know of everyone)

y Changes-Sir William Keith no longer governor (was replaced by Major Gordon)

-Deborah Read married a man named Rogers, a potter, brief & unhappy marriage

-Keimer moved his shop to better quarters

y Denham was like a father to beny After Ben turned 21 both him and Denham became severely ill, Ben had pleurisy

-Bens recovery brought him disappointment that he would have to go through the wretched process of dying again someday

y Denham left Ben a small legacy in his willy Ben went back to Keimers shopy Keimer promised Meredith and Potts that if their skills improved her would rise the wages 1 shilling every 3 monthsy Keimers purpose of hiring Ben at such high wages was so Ben could train Keimers lower wage employeesy George Webb: Oxford scholar, wanted to be a actory They did not work on Sundays or Saturdaysy He became a jack-of-all-trades

~Poor Richard once said, look before, or youll find yourself behind.~

Chapter 26 (The Junto- A Club for Mutual Self-Improvement)

y June-tow: Bens club for continued self- development and for gathering strategic knowledge.-met every Friday

-every member would take turns producing 1 or more position papers on any point of morals, politics, or science to be discussed

-once every quarter a member could compose & read an original essay on a topic of his choice

y 1 member=chief facilitator during debates (conducted in the sincere spirit of inquiryy Speak the truth\

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y Anyone expressing their opinions as firm, or habitually contradicting anothers statement would pay a small finey Junto was the best school of philosophy, morality, & politics that then existed in Pennsylvania

~Poor Richard once said, He that wont be counselld, cant be helpd. ~

Chapter 27 (Breaking with Keimer and Making MyOwn Plans)

y Ben quits working for Keimery Meredith and Ben make a business deal (combine Merediths capital with Bens abilitiesy Ben temporarily gos back to working for Keimery Ben invented the first copper plate seen in this country for the New Jersey joby Worked at Burlington for 3 months

~Poor Richard once said, Keep thy shop, & thy shop will keep thee.~