Steve MartinJul 14, 20161 min readOPTIMISM: Ben Franklin and the 200-Year EndowmentsIn 1785 a French mathematician named Charles Joseph Mathon de la Cour wrote a parody of Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac in which he mocked the unbearable spirit of American optimism repr…Source: OPTIMISM: Ben Franklin and the 200-Year Endowments
In 1785 a French mathematician named Charles Joseph Mathon de la Cour wrote a parody of Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanac in which he mocked the unbearable spirit of American optimism repr…Source: OPTIMISM: Ben Franklin and the 200-Year Endowments
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