Benjamin Franklin's Wisdom

I have always enjoyed reading autobiography. Just like in the second letter from Part II of his autobiography, Benjamin Vaughan encouraged Franklin to publish the book so that it could serve as a model for people who want a better life. I like autobiographies because reading other people's life stories and reflections of their life makes me think about my life. Even though I have still not experienced much, I like to reflect on what I have done and what I hope to do in the future. It is a pity that I did not start my Pocahontas paper early enough to have enough time to carefully read the first half of the book. However, just by skimming quickly over I have got the gist. Along with professor Rohn's questions about what Franklin has taught us his wisdom, I realized how powerful reading and writing are, and how knowledge helps a person become someone with morality, skepticism and a critical mind.

The First question Professor Rohn asked was that if I perceive myself helping to write the equivalent of the world's next Declaration of Independence or lead the world's next social and political revolution. I have to say that I would love to write a political concern or lead a revolution, but I do think that I would be a good writer or leader, especially right now. To be honest, I know nothing about politics, American politics to be exact, and my writing skills have not reached the level. I am not being humble or modest like Franklin states in his autobiography that people started to complain his arrogance, so he began to really think about how to be a humble yet aggressive person/leader in a way that his ideas and success are still being recognized. However, according to Franklin, he said that everyone should be able to do this. He argues that based on his experiences of first a deliver boy and then a printer, had his own printer house, own newspaper, a library and finally achieved what he had had, everyone should be able to do these things with he knowledge of supreme writing skill, wisdom from vast number of books, and development of his or her own thought on concerns and issues rather than relying on others. I agree as well. I do hope that one day in the future I could somehow make a different in this world.