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Why is Benjamin Franklin on the one hundred-dollar bill?

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1 Why is Benjamin Franklin on the one hundred-dollar bill?

2 Four reasons why: political views inventions, which we still use
moral qualities wisdom

3 The first reason Franklin was born into a poor Boston family, he was educated at home since his parents did not have money for his education. So, he could not stand slave work, considered all people equal from birth. His signature secured the three most important documents in the history of the United States and the world.

4 The second reason Apart from policy, Franklin was engaged in publishing, journalism. Besides, he loved science, he was an inventor. He was the first of foreigners who was honored to be accepted as a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences! He founded the first public library in America.

5 The third reason Franklin tried to observe life principles formulated by himself and based on biblical commandments. He in this way sought to moral excellence and wanted people to follow him.

6 The fourth reason The winged phrase "time is money" belongs to Franklin, who believed that in order to live worthy, it is necessary to work hard and not to waste precious time on empty talk and finding out the relationship. He owns many witty and wise statements that have become widely known.

7 So this bill looks like :


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