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Show How Franklin Proved Fitness for Position Benjamin Franklin, at nineteen years old, visited London. He was In search of work and went straight to a printing office. The forvuian was rather disdainful and said: "Ah, a lad from American seekint employment as a printer I Well, d yoo really understand the art of print ing? Can you set type?" Young Franklin stepped to one of the cases and in a brief space set op these words from the first chapter of John's gospel: "Nathanael said onto him. Can any good thing come out of Nazareth! Philip said unto him, tTome and see." The text conveyed such a delicate rebuke, and the work was done so qnlckly and accurately that position was granted him at once. |