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Benjamin Franklin's autobiography was to serve as a precedent for his son. His admiration and venerability for his ancestors inspired his life and hopped it would do the same for the future generations. Franklin was interested in the past actions and lives of hi ....

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.... engaged in his father's business as a tallow chandler and soap boiler. Disliking the business and loving the nature of the sea, Franklin spent his leisure time in association with it, on the contrary to his father's wishes. His leadership among the boys on boats was a foretelling of his future progress and his great sociability. The deaths of Franklin's parents has left him with positive memories and values , instilled by them. They were greatly reputed by the community and even more by their children. With Franklin's overgrowing desire to read and be taught by books, he endured the profession of a printer, working side by side with his brot ....