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Franklin is a good type of our American manhood. Although not
the wealthiest or the most powerful, he is undoubtedly, in the
versatility of his genius and achievements, the greatest of our
self-made men. The simple yet graphic story in the
Autobiography of his steady rise from humble boyhood in a
tallow-chandler shop, by industry, economy, and perseverance in
self-improvement, to eminence.