Benjamin Franklin: A Man Of American Ideals

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diligent, frugality and the simplicity of life have been an important part of Franklin’s life as evident from the following passage.
We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance my breakfast was a long time bread and milk, (no tea) and I ate it out of a twopenny earthen porringer with a pewter spoon (873).
Having fancy dinner plates and silverwares is something that seldom interests Franklin. Practical issues are what concern him the most. Although he is raised in a pious family, he rejects his parent’s religion and avoids going to churches because he believes that the prevalent view focuses too much on religious doctrines, but not enough on fundamental moral principles. His deist view reflects his belief in practicality. He simply wants to become a better citizen through the words of God, and that is what he expects the minister to preach in public worships instead of teaching some dogmas that seem “unintelligible . . . ...

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