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本 ·富兰克林 Franklin and Franklin impersonator Franklin and Franklin impersonator Every nation has its heroes, of course, If a nation is lucky, it has one who was so able in everything he or she did that the persons legacy stretches in many directions. Michelangelo comes to mind. Well, America has been fortunate in this respect, too. 每个国家自然都有自己的英雄。如果一个国家运气好，它就会有一个不论做什么事都有非人 才干的英雄，他留下的遗产是多方面的。我们自然会想到米开朗琪罗 。在这方面，美国也 很幸运。 Ben Franklin was an inventor not only of things, but of ideas. First some of the things, Ben Franklin invented the lightning rod; he created the first wood stove with a pipe out the back that extended through the wall. You may say: So what in these days of forced air heating? But in his time, the Franklin Stove produced far more heat than a fireplace, cost less to operate, was less smoky, and became popular all over the world. Franklin also published Americas first magazine and organized its first postal service and its first lending library. 本·富兰克林是一位发明家，不仅发明东西，而且也发明思想。他发明的东西当中有避雷针； 他还创造了第一个木制火炉，从背后通出一根烟囱管子插到墙劈里去。在现在使用暖气的时 代，你可能会说：那又有什么?可是，在那个时代，富兰克林炉比壁炉发出的热量大得多， 费用少，烟也少，因此而流行于全世界。富兰克林还出版了美国第一份杂志，组建了美国第 一家邮政局和第一座出借书籍的图书馆。 Ben Franklin was also famous-- still is, 200 some years after his death-- for his witty observations, like, Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half--shut afterwards. Or, There never was a good war or a bad peace. Another one: In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. 本·富兰克林讲话谈谐风趣，他的一些言论在他死后200 多年的今天依然十分出名。例如， 他说过：结婚前应该把眼睛睁得大大的；结婚后应该半睁半闭。从来没有好战争，也没 有坏和平。还有一句：在这个世界上，只有死亡和交税是无法避免的。 But he was much more than just a clever tinker with things and words. This moon faced, simply dressed, somewhat obese man- he sometimes called himself Mr. Fatsides --was one of those who created the U. S. Declaration of Independence. It was he who put the self-evident in its most famous line- We hold the