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Title: Crayon and character : truth made clear through eye and ear or ten-minute talks with colored chalks
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Griswold, B. J. (Bert Joseph), 1873-1927 Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Chalk-talks Moral education Religious education
Publisher: Indianapolis, Ind. : Meigs Publishing Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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anything to do, he did it. His name was Benjamin Franklin. Did youever hear of him? Yes, I thought so. This boy worked for his olderbrother in a printing office in Boston, but the brother used to fioghim and treat him roughly. Benjamin knew that they could neverget along well together, so he Went away to Philadelphia. In this great city he saw many things which other boys beforehim had not seen. He saw that the printing art had wonderful possi-bilities in it; he studied and worked hard to improve the business, andtoday all of the printers call him the father of the art of printing.He saw that he ought to know other languages besides English, andso he became a master of French, Italian and Latin—and luck hadnta thing to do with it! He saw on every han4 many chances to help 28 Fi^.r^ • •-—.-—-—-.-_.._«*d i^/r—tei^j i j i ^^(^^^i^i—S^ -^^^^H- 4-— j-—4- v^^^^^fr^^^^ Vs i^^^^^^^^ 1 1 1—1—1—1— III -^^^Si^Hn — 1 ; 1 1 1— \ .! ! ! ; ;- ; i ^1 ; ! ! ! 1 : ! 1 !
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29 other people. This prompted him to organize the first police forceand the first fire company in the United Colonies; he organized amilitary company; he paved the streets of Philadelphia and taught thepeople how to keep them clean; he founded a hospital; he inventedthe first practical stove; he accepted many public positions in hisearlier years, including that of member of the general assembly ofthe colonies, deputy postmaster of Philadelphia and commissioner totreat with the Indians. He saw that the common people should have a better chance toget an education, and so he published for many years Poor RichardsAlmanac, which provided them with much that they should haveknown; he founded the first circulating library, helped to establishthe University of Pennsylvania, and brought into existence the Ameri-can Philosophical Society. He saw the lightning, just as millions before him had done; but,unlike the others, he believed the brilliant display was the evidenceof a great and unseen po

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