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Being Ben Franklin
See and hear the Founding Father from Philadelphia
Verbatim
Franklin's words of wisdom still resonate today
Scientist & Inventor
Tour through the mind of America's premier polymath
Timeline
Ben Franklin's life and work

Citizen Ben's Great Virtues:
 1. An Aversion to Tyranny
 2. A Free Press
 3. Humor
 4. Humility
 5. Idealism in Foreign Policy
 6. Compromise
 7. Tolerance
When Sparks Flew
Franklin and his son were the only witnesses to his legendary kite experiment. What really happened?
In the City That Ben Loved
Our guide to old Philadelphia, where the ultimate civic booster left his mark on nearly every block

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Lewis & Clark
TIME celebrates the bicentennial
[7/8/2002]
Life on the Mississippi
Journey along America's river of dreams
[7/10/2000]
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John Adams
Ben Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington

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FROM THE JULY 7, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 2003

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