Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-20 | Page 4 | Ben Franklin a Great Man

00 00 BEN FRANKLIN A GREAT MAN Two hundred and twenty one twenty years ago a boy come cOlDe into the troubled world He was no ordinary boy His mind was as to soar oar above the tho earth earth ly Iy disorders disorder With a 1 sweeping weeping pen pea he e was as to stab the worlds world's world fallacies With a fe few simple axioms he hewa wa was to write his name high In literature With a key ke Key and a kite he was to 10 wrest from the elements the fundamental secret secret of ot radio the telephone the the telegraph lights locomotion depends depend on I electricity for tor fie lis it power Den Benjamin the boy soon became Franklin the man and stepped firmly Into Inlo the new estate estale I He became a pioneer In peace but when he signed the Declara Declara- Declaration Declaration tion trod of ot Independence and John Hancock said uld to him We e must all hang together Franklin said ald Yes we must all han hang together er or most assuredly assuredly we will all allhang allhang hang separately franklin stood with kings He was vas our first fint colonial ambassador to England and our minister to France Ho Hp H I was a disciple of wisdom friendship harmony or- or order or order der as against Indiscretion hat hat- hatred hatred red discord and aDd chaos MIrabeau orator of ot the French revolution said of him after his death Antiquity would have haye raised al- al altara al- al altars al altars tars tara to io this mighty genius who to the advantage of ot mankind com com- compassing compassing passing In his mind sled the the- heat heal ens and the earth was to restrain alike thunderbolts thunderbolt and tyrants tyrant Franklin has haa ha been compared to Lincoln In his hi vast st good humor gene generous ous patriotism originality simplicity Industry Our nation has been fortunate In such men Here are a few of the plain sayings of ot the printer of o Poor Richards Richard's Almanac which have ha endured as literature and will at- at al always ways wars live lire The noblest noblest question In the 1 world orld Ie le what good may 1 I do In it ItT Reading makes a full man man- meditation man meditation a profound man man-dis- man dis discourse course a clear man Caesar did not Dot merit the tn- tn tri trl triumphal car more more- than he that conquers himself Good S sense Is a thing all need few V have and none Done think they want ant 1 Sloth like rust rust consumes consume fast last faster laster faster er than labor wears eara while the used key Is always bright Dost thou love life bite Then do doDot donot donot not Dot squander time for that's the stuff life Is made of Laziness travels so ao o slowly that poverty soon overtakes him Early to bed and early to rise rl makes a a- a aman man healthy wealth wealthy and wise wlee Little s fell great oaks Plough deep while sluggards sleep and you shall have corn com to 10 sell and to 10 keep Leisure is time for Cor doing some some- something something thing useful nn