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Show FRANKLIN'S FRANKLINS ' FATHERAND FATHER FATHERAND AND MOTHER DIED DIEDOF DIEDOF OF FIRST ILLNESSBenjamin ILLNESS Benjamin Denjamm Franklin Frankhn used to say of ofhis ofhis ofhis his parents , "I I uI " never knew either my myother myfather 'lther lther other ' or mother to hive h1.ve h1ve have . any sIcle sick sIcleness sickness sickness ness but that of which they died , he heat heat heat at eighty nine and she at eighty Ovo five live liveyears Ovoears years ears of age " He had Inherited an anexcellent anexcellent anexcellent excellent ph physical sIcal foundation oun(1'1tlon oun11tlon follnclttion ( ' for the themaking themaking themaking making of a great manIn manIn man In a n printing shop In London Londonwhither " , , "hither hither whither " he " went "ent ent at the n age e of eIght eighteen eightcen I Ieen een , he astonished his fellow work workera workers I Iers ers era by abstaining from beer and yet yetbeing yetbeing I IbeIng beIng able to carry a large form of oftype oftype oftype type In eich e'1.ch e1.ch e1ch etch ' . hand where the others otherscarried otherscarried otherscarried carried but one in both h1.nds h1nds hinds h1.ndsrranl hindsIrankln hindsFranklin . rranl Irankln lIn kept a 11 score card of 'I I ' ilrtucs ir irtoes r rtues tues toes to be pnctlced pr'lctlced prlctlced practlced ' The first of the therules therules therules rules of conduct reads * ' ' 'Temper Temper Temper- 'Temperance Temperance TemperanceBat - anceBat ance-Bat ance Bat ance -Bat Bat - Eat not to dullness ; drink not notto notto notto to elevation ele\"atIon ele "atIon atIon \ " " Franklin's Franklins rrankIIn'B rrankIInB I'ranklin's Iranklins ' ' philosophic phlIosophic mind C'lme Clme came C'lmeto cameto cimeto ' to the conclusion that th.lt thlt . the quantityof qU'lnUtyof quantltyof qU'lnUty qUlnUty quantlty ' of each I kind Ind of e exercise eeercise ercIse Is to be judged not by the time spent or ells dls dlstance distance ellstanre tanre tance covered , ' ' but by the degree degreeof degreeof degreeof of , ttarmth warmth \ armth It produces In the body ' Considering the customs of his hisda hisday hisda da day } , he " was "as as a remarkable speelmen specimen specimenof speelmenof of health he'1lth he1lth he'tlth hetlth ' ' , strength and endurance enduranceconcedes , , concedes Dr . , . James F . . Rogers TIogers In InIIygela inHygela InUygcla IIygela Hygela . |