The Book of Franklin's autobiography

　　Benjamin Franklin was a prominent statesman, entrepreneur, thinker and scientist in American history, and in the United States in the 18th century he was the most famous American after Washington. I read his autobiography, deeply felt his diligent, honest, studious, frugal, the great character of justice, he is sociable, helpful, handling problem ability super, for social public affairs very enthusiastic, in 18th century, he represents the American spirit of that era: independence, initiative and enterprising, dare to explore. I think he has the following points really worthy of our study:     1. Work diligently. Since he was 10 years old, Franklin did not go to school, 12 years old began to work in the printing industry, has been diligent work, become a skilled printing workers, and slowly set up their own printing business.     2. Love reading and learning, good at independent thinking. Even if the work is busy, life is poor, but Franklin can save money to buy a book and eat less a loaf of bread, you can use all leisure time to read books, learning knowledge, reading knowledge or opinions can be independent thinking analysis, critical absorption of learning, to form their own unique point of view.     3. Have strong action, the decision of the matter immediately to do, never delay. Perhaps Franklin's work is a very hands-on printing work, so Franklin's ability to act very strong, once in the work of any good ideas, he can quickly give advice to others, for mature insights, he can immediately put into practice.     4. Likes to make friends and actively participates in useful social activities. Franklin was very fond of making friends, his diligent, sincere character and his unique analytical ability to the problem also made him very popular. He often participates in the activities of reading, writing poetry and debating with his friends, and he organizes various activities of reading and discussing social issues by himself,     5. Actively cultivate their own literary accomplishment and improve their writing ability. Franklin was very interested in writing since he was a child, he liked to read poetry and prose, and then by imitating famous works to improve his writing level, coupled with his own strong analytical problems and independent thinking ability, so in the newspaper also often published his own commentary articles, this ability greatly helps his future printing career and political career development.     6. There is a strong sense of responsibility for the community and the country. Franklin has a vague religious belief that he does not belong to a certain religion, but he believes in God and believes that he should strive for social justice and the promotion of human well-being. When his own printing business had developed well, he had often served in Philadelphia (an American city of his later life) and various social positions in Pennsylvania,Including post office, police, fire, Parliament, army and so on, he has held a lot of social positions, but he can be very competent, reflects his strong analytical and problem-dealing skills.　　This undoubtedly led to Franklin's eventual political excellence as a leader. I think the above six points are an important factor for Franklin to be a great figure in American history, and that is what we can still learn in this time. Learning Franklin is not necessarily a lofty and great ideal, in fact, from the autobiography of Franklin, we can feel that having a noble character, continuous learning and thinking, for others and the community to contribute their own strength, itself is a very happy thing. Everyone should use their own strength to pursue happiness, and I believe this is the heart of Franklin and the American Spirit.

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