Benjamin Franklin By Edmunds Morgan Summary

The biography “Benjamin Franklin” by Edmund S. Morgan starts his book by telling us about Franklin's passions. Then he briefly talks about one of the most famous parts of his autobiography, Franklin’s list of thirteen virtues. He then jumps into telling us about how the common thought that Jefferson’s main goal was to acquire wealth. He did say that debt and poverty were his puritan ancestors conception of hell, but according to Morgan Franklin's idea of heaven was not riches, but actually contentment (a state of happiness or satisfaction). Morgan says if he wanted only to become wealthy he wouldn't have retired at the age of forty-two. He says that Franklin’s desire in life was to be useful to others.
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