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Commonplace Book:

Benjamin Franklin

Brief Bio: American polymath who was active as a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher, and political philosopher.

Lived: 1706-1774

For further info: en.wikipedia.org

Quotes:

“Every Body cries, a Union is absolutely necessary”

Every Body cries, a Union is absolutely necessary, but when they come to the Manner and Form of the Union, their weak Noddles are perfectly distracted.

29 December 1754 from The Writings of Benjamin Franklin

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