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He was 65 years old
and decided to make an accounting of his life, something, he wrote,
"my posterity may like to know." It was filled with stories
of how, in his words, "I emerged from
the poverty and obscurity "in which I was born and bred, "to a state of affluence
and some degree of reputation in the world." It was the beginning
of what would become one of the most-read
and influential autobiographies ever written
and decided to make an accounting of his life, something, he wrote,
"my posterity may like to know." It was filled with stories
of how, in his words, "I emerged from
the poverty and obscurity "in which I was born and bred, "to a state of affluence
and some degree of reputation in the world." It was the beginning
of what would become one of the most-read
and influential autobiographies ever written
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He was 65 years old
and decided to make
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an accounting of his life,
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something, he wrote,
"my posterity may like to know."
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It was filled with stories
of how, in his words,
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"I emerged from
the poverty and obscurity
00:00:16.882 --> 00:00:19.044
"in which I was born and bred,
00:00:19.084 --> 00:00:22.213
"to a state of affluence
and some degree
00:00:22.254 --> 00:00:24.519
of reputation in the world."
00:00:26.125 --> 00:00:28.001
It was the beginning
of what would become
00:00:28.127 --> 00:00:30.562
one of the most-read
and influential
00:00:30.796 --> 00:00:34.013
autobiographies ever written.
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Movie Summary
Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
