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- Benjamin Franklin And The Birth Of A Paper Money Economy - By Farley Grubb
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Uncertainty alone is certain here…
This is excerpted from Benjamin Franklin by Carl Van Doren, which is probably the best and most comprehensive biography on Franklin. The text below is one of his earliest known writings, which is an excerpt from an elegy he wrote (probably around the age of 17 or 18) upon the death of a sister-in-law:
O what is Life which we so high esteemA Bubble, Vapous, Shadow, fleeting DreamFrom sordid Dust we sprang & surely mustOr soon or late return to native DustWhat mortal Man even in his best EstateAll Vanity, Pride, Folly and Deceit…Crowns have their Thorns and Opulence its BaneAnd all our Pleasures their Alloy of PainAll the Vicissitudes of Life declareUncertainty alone is certain here…
The complete elegy can also be read in THISarticle about the book, back when it was first published, or on page 26 of the paperback.
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How America Lost Track of Ben Franklin’s Definition of Success [H/T @AlexRubalcava] (LINK) [Related book: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin] According to Franklin, what mattered in business was humility, restraint, and discipline....
- 9 Books That Elon Musk Thinks Everyone Should Read
Link to article: 9 Books That Elon Musk Thinks Everyone Should Read ......... The books: The Lord of the Rings The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Einstein: His Life and Universe Structures: Or Why Things...
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Aswath Damodaran - The Education Business: A Road Map for Disruption (LINK) Related mini-book (PDF): Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, and the Workforce RevolutionRelated book: Disrupting ClassAndrew Smithers: The contested ties between asset...
- Benjamin Franklin And The Birth Of A Paper Money Economy - By Farley Grubb
Link to: Benjamin Franklin And the Birth of a Paper Money Economy Paper money has often been controversial and misunderstood. Why it has value, why that value changes over time, how it influences economic activity, who should be allowed to make it,...
- Forbes Interviews Shane Parrish
My friend Shane from the Farnam Street blog was recently interviewed on Forbes. Link to: Forbes Interviews Shane Parrish An especially important excerpt for readers, of which it is hard for me to argue with Shane's 5 recommendations, and where...