What amazes me is how many people were willing to give a young bright kid like him a chance. He started working from when he was 12 and by the time he was 18, he had the skills and abilities to start his own print and was given housing and encouragement by various leading businessmen and even the governor himself! And when we look at that time period, the youth were much better nurtured and encouraged than today. We compare Franklin's experience with many youth today who are told to just focus on education and thus they graduate from college at like 21 or 22 with almost no real life skills and then have to struggle for the next decade with student loans and businesses not wanting to hire them or pay them well due to lack of experience (whereas Franklin already had a DECADE worth of experience by then and was given plenty of encouragement and support)
Benjamin Franklin was a great, not perfect, man. This is an excellent resource about his life. Well done to the reader and producer for such a monumental effort.
Benjamin was one of those, one o f a kind ...ahead of his time..so decent, humble , respectful, so many talents and gifts...narrator, ok...thank you to whoever make this possible..with gratitude..
NFL, AFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, CNN, MSNBC, FNN, movies, beer, whiskey, playboy, taxes, keeping up with the Jones, motorcycles, auto racing. I could go on forever, the list of distractions is endless. Man has no time to be thoughtful. That's all that Franklin was, a thinker and a doer. No radio or television or woman strutting around in their underwear outdoors. Start your day with 15min. of silence, write down your thoughts and act upon those thoughts and you can be the next Ben Franklin.
@@user-ej3iw8lw3w very funny 😢the twice impeached, disgraced, ex president , who’s on the verge of a federal conviction for fraud, has never asked himself “what good will I do today?”, I promise you.
Amazingly good audiobook/writting. Well worth a second listen. Many lessons taught in this book i must be certain to make sure my son grows up to know and understand. Thank You for posting
men who are sorely missed in today's western world: Benjamin Franklin Cotton Mather Saint Joseph Djugashvilli Thomas Jefferson William Shakespeare John Milton Gengis Khan Alfred Lord Tennyson Christopher Columbus Thomas Edison Phillip Freneau
Thanks a lot for uploading the audiobook on the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin that helped me to learn a lot of useful principles implemented/ experimented by him in his life.
Try reading it out loud to your kids,the style of speak back in the day lends itself to unusual sentence structures.I took a few minutes for me to lock on to the style.
Can we have someone reread this who is not a speed reader with good diction and adequate pauses and not the pauses one takes when one runs out of breath?
I know some people dislike Franklin for what he did to his wife, cheating on her a lot. But I'd still say he was far more good then bad not just in the 'real world' but hopefully in his perosnal too, I hope. Nobody hates on Martin Luther King Jr for cheating on his wife all the time. Both men worked hard in the world.
Because they're silenced by the brain dead masses the moment they open their mouths. Today's world is very hostile towards great minds like that of Benjamin Franklin.
I'll be expecting you to do a much better job instead. Then I can look forward to criticizing YOUR abilities as well. I commend them for doing us a service.
Everyone needs salvation here are the words of salvation please forgive me jesus im a sinner come into my heart and save me from my sin I no that you are the savior and I no that you died for me on calvary and I no that God raise you from the dead and you are alive and I thankyou for your salvation in Jesus holy name amen and its important to always ask for forgiveness every night 🌙 ✨ 💖
When you apply light pressure to that white triangle ,pointing right,on the screen of the electronic device that is positioned directly in front of your face.That should get it going for you kecoroe.
+Apricity Yeah, it is a bit unfortunate. But the poor guy isn't being paid to read this (most likely). He probably worked all day, and only did one take. So he slowed down and becomes choppy when he struggles or loses flow. But goddamn, is it hard to pay attention with the unnatural flow of language.
1:13:16,does Ole Ben think he's pullin one over on Us?While on the boat ride he got trashed on that "filthy rum" and had a overhang from hell the next morning;swilling down water, he was dehydrated from that poisonous dreck.
Those were from his friend, an anatomist, who dug up bodies from graves, and did research on them. Benjamin Franklin just hid the bodies for him. Though I must say, "Benjamin Franklin: the serial killer" sounds like an amazing Netflix show.
What amazes me is how many people were willing to give a young bright kid like him a chance.
He started working from when he was 12 and by the time he was 18, he had the skills and abilities to start his own print and was given housing and encouragement by various leading businessmen and even the governor himself!
And when we look at that time period, the youth were much better nurtured and encouraged than today.
We compare Franklin's experience with many youth today who are told to just focus on education and thus they graduate from college at like 21 or 22 with almost no real life skills and then have to struggle for the next decade with student loans and businesses not wanting to hire them or pay them well due to lack of experience (whereas Franklin already had a DECADE worth of experience by then and was given plenty of encouragement and support)
Benjamin Franklin was a great, not perfect, man. This is an excellent resource about his life. Well done to the reader and producer for such a monumental effort.
Benjamin was one of those, one o f a kind ...ahead of his time..so decent, humble , respectful, so many talents and gifts...narrator, ok...thank you to whoever make this possible..with gratitude..
My approval is also offered ,only after a deliberate and considerable cognizant dissection of it's less than bombastic fullness.
Well put
Thank you Libravox readers.
NFL, AFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, CNN, MSNBC, FNN, movies, beer, whiskey, playboy, taxes, keeping up with the Jones, motorcycles, auto racing. I could go on forever, the list of distractions is endless. Man has no time to be thoughtful. That's all that Franklin was, a thinker and a doer. No radio or television or woman strutting around in their underwear outdoors. Start your day with 15min. of silence, write down your thoughts and act upon those thoughts and you can be the next Ben Franklin.
That’s an exaggeration
Are you following your advice?Where do I read of your endeavors.
that's strikingly similar to Donald Trump's daily routines according to Art of the Deal
@@okdawit that was over 9 years ago toots
@@user-ej3iw8lw3w very funny 😢the twice impeached, disgraced, ex president , who’s on the verge of a federal conviction for fraud, has never asked himself “what good will I do today?”, I promise you.
Ben Franklin, one of the greatest minds ever. Always be amazed by his fascinating kite.
thanks for uploading this inspiring audiobook.
furk that
Thank you so much for this audiobook! It was really helpful for writing a paper in my course.
Amazingly good audiobook/writting. Well worth a second listen. Many lessons taught in this book i must be certain to make sure my son grows up to know and understand. Thank You for posting
Thank you for this wonderful Audio book of The 👍 Great and Amazing Benjamin Franklin.
Thanks so much for uploading this! IRS helping me a lot in one of my more difficult courses. Great job! :)
Inspiring listening to the true story of a frail human who grew from obscurity to prominence & wealth (at 1.5X-2X speed ) ! Thank you!
anybody else reading this for school?
I wish.
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You weren't reading anything 😆
I have read the autobiography... listening is cool too!
Benjamin Franklin we need you now and always.
True person. An idol for all ages.
Thank you for sharing.
men who are sorely missed in today's western world:
Benjamin Franklin
Cotton Mather
Saint Joseph Djugashvilli
Thomas Jefferson
William Shakespeare
John Milton
Gengis Khan
Alfred Lord Tennyson
Christopher Columbus
Thomas Edison
Phillip Freneau
Fascinating to hear him speak of his adventures & learning. 7:31:18
Thanks a lot for uploading the audiobook on the autobiography of Benjamin Franklin that helped me to learn a lot of useful principles implemented/ experimented by him in his life.
Thanks for reading and posting!
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I just come from the version read by Batman only to find the one read by Stephen Hawking's computer.
Same here, I'm still laughing at the Batman comment to find this one.
OMG I also read that Batman comment! :D
Try reading it out loud to your kids,the style of speak back in the day lends itself to unusual sentence structures.I took a few minutes for me to lock on to the style.
Truly appreciate the great job done !!! Thank you.
Hello 👋
How are you doing today?
6:11:27 - this is the part of the book you're looking for - where he builds the fort and commands the militia on the frontier.
I purper his ealier years
Thank you for uploading this!
For those who take issue with the sound of the narration I suggest listening at 1.5 speed. 2 is too fast and unintelligible.
Thank you this helped me get through it better
Can we have someone reread this who is not a speed reader with good diction and adequate pauses and not the pauses one takes when one runs out of breath?
Dsmn, good content but please pull back on the reigns, that's the fastest reading I ever heard,
I wasn't gonna say anything.. voice is wrong too. No hate
We're not talking about the slave skulls found in his "Dungeon"
Biography starts at 19:15
Chapter 3 ARRIVAL IN PHILADELPHIA : 1:09:22
Chapter 5 EARLY FRIENDS IN PHILADELPHIA : 1:44:03
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Good work Benny we appreciate ya
Great men and women are everywhere. Become one of them yourself and there will always be an abundance.
Hearing this book is more better than reading this
Thank you for this incredible audio book.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you for uploading!
I know some people dislike Franklin for what he did to his wife, cheating on her a lot. But I'd still say he was far more good then bad not just in the 'real world' but hopefully in his perosnal too, I hope. Nobody hates on Martin Luther King Jr for cheating on his wife all the time. Both men worked hard in the world.
Why does it seem like, in our times, great man are now rare?
Because they're silenced by the brain dead masses the moment they open their mouths. Today's world is very hostile towards great minds like that of Benjamin Franklin.
There are many idiocracies nowadays
identity politics and diversity are anathema to the cultivation of values and principles
Nice
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YASSSS IVE FINALLY FINISHED THIS DAMN BOOK FINALLY OMG
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Great👍🏽🏆
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I'll be expecting you to do a much better job instead. Then I can look forward to criticizing YOUR abilities as well. I commend them for doing us a service.
Hello 👋
How are you doing today?
Ben Franklin? Brilliant. Narrator. Torture.
the background is just like Galford's stage in Samurai Shodown I
So painful
very well indeed .
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Everyone needs salvation here are the words of salvation please forgive me jesus im a sinner come into my heart and save me from my sin I no that you are the savior and I no that you died for me on calvary and I no that God raise you from the dead and you are alive and I thankyou for your salvation in Jesus holy name amen and its important to always ask for forgiveness every night 🌙 ✨ 💖
"Ben Franklin, he was always bool, he bought me steak dinners!"
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When does it actually START!?
+Kecoroe 20:28
When you apply light pressure to that white triangle ,pointing right,on the screen of the electronic device that is positioned directly in front of your face.That should get it going for you kecoroe.
@@jerrymarshall2095 haha
@@vult07 I had to go for it.
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Gary good work!
St Francis of a.see.see
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Chapter-7 voice not good.But thanks for Audiobook
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This man sounds so nervous and robotic, it makes it hard to pay attention to what is being said.
+Apricity Yeah, it is a bit unfortunate. But the poor guy isn't being paid to read this (most likely).
He probably worked all day, and only did one take. So he slowed down and becomes choppy when he struggles or loses flow.
But goddamn, is it hard to pay attention with the unnatural flow of language.
You can fix it by changing the speed. 2x or 1.5x flows much better
1:13:16,does Ole Ben think he's pullin one over on Us?While on the boat ride he got trashed on that "filthy rum" and had a overhang from hell the next morning;swilling down water, he was dehydrated from that poisonous dreck.
I'm Gen-X but I don't remember a lot about Benjamin Franklin except that he was a Mason(?)
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Caption needs
perhaps because they are.
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BookMark - 03:26:00
I'm at 5 hrs 45 mins and his reading has gotten worse.
Matt hew thanks for the heads up.
Im sure you could do better,I bet you couldnt pronounce half the words.
ugh!
Sorry. Typo! Kiitos. That's thank you in Finnish.
Quite weird staccato reading voice. Like he's literally just reading for first time. Hesitant. Shame.
My mistake
AsatH
Kites
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Not a hater but not even sure my girlfriend could talk for 7 hours straight without a nap.....
It was the worst reading I've ever heard.
I apologize this reading is so hard to listen to, i skipped and skipped and made a whole 16 minutes
I just will not listen to linervox recordings or however you spell it. They break the flow of the book by announcing their name every chapter
This book sucks
you can’t change my mind on this, but this is the worst grammer i’ve ever seen in my life. i can’t even imagine this man going to grammer school.
Grammar school back then was to learn Latin and Greek
Boring and so out dated
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Pp
Benjamin Franklin = Jekeyl and Hyde they excavated his house many bodies found
Those were from his friend, an anatomist, who dug up bodies from graves, and did research on them. Benjamin Franklin just hid the bodies for him. Though I must say, "Benjamin Franklin: the serial killer" sounds like an amazing Netflix show.
So what does that mean? In your head it's something nefarious because you don't think first.
Librivox = robot.
Way to ruin a great book.
Thank you for this incredible audio book
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