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Citizen Advocates for Constitutional Principles
www.cacp.info – # 646 – 11-18-06 – 150 – Donald Conkey
A Founders Profile: Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) was
an extraordinary man and one of America’s most influential statesmen. Additionally he was an author,
printer, scientist, and diplomat to France and England, and was instrumental in bringing France into the Revolutionary War
to support the Colonists. He was Governor of Pennsylvania, founded the University of Pennsylvania, and was delegate from Pennsylvania
in 1776 to Congress where he signed the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution.
Self educated, he taught himself five languages,
became known as “the Newton of his Age,” making important discoveries in electricity, inventing the lighting rod,
Franklin Stove, still used today, rocking chair, and bi-focal glasses. And he received honorary degrees from Harvard and Yale
Universities in 1753. His steadying influence and wisdom was evident throughout the Constitutional Convention in 1787 with
both Washington and Madison relying heavily on his wisdom and experience.
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Please forward to Family & Friends.<> Source Books available at www.nccs.net <> Source: Skousen’s 5000 Year Leap
- p. 50 – 56
A Don Conkey 1 Minute Monthly Historical Gem
May 3,
2007 - # 705 www.cacp.info -- www.nccs.info – 191
WORDS WORTH PONDERING: Benjamin Franklin, speaking to the constitutional convention delegates during a very
dark period, stated: “In this situation of this assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and
scare able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly
applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understandings? In the beginning of the contest with Britain, when we were
sensible with danger, we had daily prayers in this room for divine protection. Our prayers, Sir, were heard – and they
were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending
Providence in our favor…. I have lived, Sir, a long time; and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of
this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable
that an empire can rise without His aid?
Good
advise in 1787, good advise for today - America’s National Day of Prayer.
Words worth sharing with Family & Friends
Source: NCCS’s The Real Benjamin Franklin
Skousen’s - p. 456
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