I would have described him as a Founding Father with a kite and a key. ... First, he studied under his father as a candle maker and then, eventually, he started a printing apprenticeship working for his older brother, James. ... To briefly summarize this part of the essay, Franklin lists thirteen of his faults and bad habits, and sets up a table to track his progress in eliminating them one by one. ... In order to formulate my own self-improvement project, I used the previously mentioned essay by Michael Ditmore that was written as a guide to teaching students the "art of virtue" as...

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