All About the Benjamins

Based on my readings from two excerpts by Benjamin Franklin; "The Ephemera, an Emblem of Human Life" and "It is Impossible we Should Think of Submission", some of Franklin's ethics and morals I have picked up on include:

• Ben Franklin is a fair man and not very biased.
• Ben Franklin, as a scientist and a politician, thinks outside the box and looks at the bigger picture.
• Ben Franklin stands for whatever is ethically right, regardless of whose laws they are.
• Ben Franklin believes that you should die with a legacy, where people will not forget you.
• Ben Franklin knows that everyone dies someday, even the noble classes, so shouldn't we make the best of it and treat everyone equal.
• Ben Franklin believes that although Great Britain was once high and mighty, everything comes to an end and just like a fine glass vase, once broken, it is very hard to piece back together (page 2 in the letter).