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Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet

Commonwealth Club of California Podcast

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Franklin's Earliest Ideas for Philanthropy

Ben Franklin's inventions include the bi focas caster dometer, the gulf stream map that we still menture. He came up wtwas when he was on the ship. His idea of philanthropy came from an itinerant preacher who said to keep your own name off of them. If you don't brand your philanthropy or your projects, his favorite word is "project"

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