Benjamin Franklin – Grandma's Gleanings

Day Three Hundred Fifty-One “Many Hats”

June 12, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

Inventor, author, printer, political theorist, postmaster, politician, scientist, musician, activist, statesman, and diplomat, that’s a LOT of hats for one man to wear, but Benjamin Franklin managed to don them all. Founding father of a new nation, signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, Franklin managed to cram more into an …

Day Three Hundred Thirty-Four “Revenge”

June 4, 2020 by Cathy Winkle

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one makes you but even with him; forgiving one sets you above him. Those words, penned centuries ago by Benjamin Franklin, are oozing with wisdom. Revenge, that burning desire for retaliation and retribution, is one of the most natural, and destructive forces among all human …