So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a mind to do. Credit: Benjamin Franklin Posts where this quotation is embedded Benjamin Franklin’s Junto Club Benjamin Franklin founded the Junto Club – a conversational society in 1727Tags: Benjamin Franklin (5) … Continue reading So Convenient a Thing to Be a Reasonable Creature Benjamin Franklin
Gurteen Knowledge Blog December 17, 2021, 10:12Precisely 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow Bostonians faced a deadly smallpox outbreak in America. The story is fascinating and has many parallels with the current Covid pandemic. There is much we can learn from the episode. As the story shows, in 300 years, scientifically, we … Continue reading What Can We Learn From a Smallpox Epidemic in Boston 300 Years Ago? Smallpox epidemic, Boston 1721
Gurteen Knowledge Blog January 11, 2022, 12:07The quotation Lighthouses are more useful than churches is often misattributed to Benjamin Franklin. However, he wrote this in a letter to his wife in 1757 after describing a narrow escape from a shipwreck off the British coast. I rather like the quote as it neatly captures the spirit of … Continue reading Build a Light-house Not a Chapel Benjamin Franklin
The bell ringing for church, we went thither immediately, and with hearts full of gratitude, returned sincere thanks to God for the mercies we had received. Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint; but as I am not, if I were to vow … Continue reading Build a Light-house Not a Chapel Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin recognized the value of conversation and the importance of cognitive diversity in convening innovative conversations when he founded the Junto Club almost 300 years ago. In 1727, at the age of 21, Benjamin Franklin, who went on to become was one of the founding fathers of the United States, founded the Junto Club. … Continue reading Benjamin Franklin’s Junto Club Benjamin Franklin founded the Junto Club – a conversational society in 1727