The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Ch. 2), by Benjamin Franklin

<p>Poor at twenty, rich at forty, internationally famous at fifty. Benjamin Franklin once walked the streets of Philadelphia alone, poor, and with no education. Yet he rose to be a leader because he learned the secret of careful reading. (Volume 1, Harvard Classics)</p> <p>Franklin made U. S. plenipotentiary in France, Oct. 26, 1778.</p>