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Franklin began to teach himself French and Italian, then Spanish and Latin. He published an Almanac, under the name of Richard Saunders. "Poor Richard" appeared every January for twenty-five years, and was translated into French, Spanish and modern Greek.
In 1730, Franklin entered into a common-law marriage with Deborah Read, whose husband abandoned her without a divorce. Together they raised William and had two children of their own: Franky, who died of smallpox at age four, and Sally, who cared for Franklin in his final years. Despite all the rumors, there is no hard evidence that Franklin sired any other illegitimate children. He settled into a faithful relationship with his wife in Philadelphia and focused on his printing business.
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Throughout the school year, the Museum Programs Department at the Franklin Institute provides educational experiences for school groups that visit the museum. These educational experiences include an exclusive workshop on various topics, typically relating to the current traveling exhibitions. These workshops help to enhance each student's experience while at the museum.
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At the same time Franklin and the Junto group were establishing the city’s first Fire Department and full time Police Department, Ben was ... urging Pennsylvania to start a University. Six years later it opened with Franklin as the first President.
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Franklin chronicles his own story, from his early days growing up in colonial Boston to his retirement from printing and growing involvement in national politics. It was during these years that he honed his management and leadership skills, acquired a fervent distaste for tyranny of all types, embraced a strong set of morals, and developed an uncompromising work ethic. From the moment he fled his tyrannical master and set himself up as a printer in Philadelphia, all who came into contact with Franklin recognized his destiny.
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Freeman by nature, American by birth and choice, Franklin was... a cosmopolitan, and his heart was with all free people. As a member of the Royal Society and during his fifteen years in England, he devoted many hours to the study of Arcane philosophy in the presence of the Brethren of the Rosy Cross and in the meetings of the Order of the Rose. He also spent other hours with the members of La Humanidad, Philosophic Initiates and L’Ordre du Lis. During his more than seven years in France, he had come to love the French people and held for them as deep an affection as was in his heart for his own countrymen, many of whom had not shown him too great a friendliness.
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