Second is building an impeccable character. ... Virtue Two: Build An Impeccable Character What does it mean to build a character? What does character mean? ... Intelligent men and women understand the basic guiding principle that increasing power brings increasing responsibility. ... The platform of character is holistic. ...
Franklin demonstrated the possibilities of life in the New World through his own rise from the lower middle class as a youth to one of the most admired men in the world as an adult. ... Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography presented the full picture of Franklin as a Renaissance scholar who was fascinated by all types of learning, and interested in doing whatever he could to make life a little bit better for mankind; which was based on the Puritan notion that the way to please God was by doing good to other men. ... Franklin printed his pamphlet entitled, "The Nature and Necessity of a Pape...
