Excerpt from The Printer Boy: Or How Ben Franklin Made His Mark; An Example for Youth Talk about school. - brothers AT trades. - benjamin for the church. - early learned To read.-long process To pre pare for ministry. - uncle benjamin's remarks and offer. - who Is uncle benjamin. A hundred years ago. When benjamin was born. - baptized ON same day HE was born. The record. - description OF his birthplace.-early love OF books. - his father's violin. - poor but industrious. - sev entern children.-decision To enter school - where IT was, and BY whom kept. - his rapid progress. - mr. Franklin's trust IN providence - AT the head OF his class. - the boy father OF the man.-daniel webster - david rittenhouse and george stephenson. - hopes OF benjamin. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.