富兰克林读后感英文版

富兰克林读后感英文

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Reading Report

In my spare time, I read an article about Benjamin Franklin. The book was written by Benjamin Franklin. The article named Benjamin Franklin ——13-point plan for honest living.

Franklin sought after moral perfection. He included thirteen virtues that was necessary or desirable for him, like temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquillity, chastity, humility. To my surprise, he obtained those virtues as much as possible by methodical train. To the joint influence of the whole mass of the virtues, even in the imperfect state he was able to acquire them, all that evenness in conversation, which makes his company still sought for and agreeable even to his younger acquaintance. He is a pagan, but he believed some religious principles. In his view, reading is the key to happiness. The book is invaluable, his greatest joy. Because of this, he was fluent in French, Italian, Spanish and Latin. Also, he was an inventor. He invented the lighting rod, two-purpose glasses, new stove and new streetlight.

In common with author, I enjoy debating with others. I agree with Benjamin’s words. Debate makes people often extremely disagreeable in company by the contradiction that is necessary to bring it into practice; and thence, besides souring and spoiling the conversation, is productive of disgusts and, perhaps, enmities where you may have occasion for friendship. In fact, if you win the debate, you will feel satisfy. But at the same time, the loser will be upset. Franklin had a friend named Collins. Collins was naturally more eloquent, had a ready plenty of words. And sometimes, as Benjamin’s thought, bore him down more by Collins’s fluency than by the strength of the reasons. His father happened to find Franklin’s letter. Then his father gave him some advice. His father said, though he had the advantage of his antagonist in correct spelling and pointing(which he owed to the printing house), he fell far short in elegance of expression, in method and in perspicuity .From that words, I knew that Franklin was a little proud, but he was modest much. He was willing to accept other’s advice and change himself.

In addition, Franklin’s behavior was admirable. He taught me how to make friends with opponent. Franklin engaged in politics and a person always was against him. So he found a peaceful way to solve the problem. He knew the opponent had a certain very scarce and curious book. So he wrote a note to the opponent expressing his desire of perusing that book owed requesting he would give him the favor of lending it to him for a few days. The opponent sent it immediately and Franklin returned it in about a week with another note expressing strongly his sense of the favor. The opponent ever after manifested a readiness to serve him on all occasions, so that they became great friends and their friendship continued to his death. This is another instance of the truth of an old maxim, which says, He that has once done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged. And it shows how much more profitable it is prudently to remove, than to resent ,return, and continue inimical proceedings.

To sum up, Franklin was a perfect person in my view. I will try my best to be a better person like him.