Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . in Hills-bor-ough, and was atone time gov-ern-or of his state. In such a home it is nothard to see that the life of lit-tle Frank-lin would be full ofwork and play as well. He was sent to good schools, andwas just six-teen when he went to Bow-do-in Col-lege, Hewas full of fun, and at once took the lead in the col-legelife; but he worked hard at his books too; in 1824 he leftcol-lege, and took up the stud-y of law, and soon be-cameone of the bar. He was now at his old home in Hills-bor-ough, and folks felt that he was a man
Lives of the presidentsTold in words of one syllableBy Jean SRemy .. . in Hills-bor-ough, and was atone time gov-ern-or of his state. In such a home it is nothard to see that the life of lit-tle Frank-lin would be full ofwork and play as well. He was sent to good schools, andwas just six-teen when he went to Bow-do-in Col-lege, Hewas full of fun, and at once took the lead in the col-legelife; but he worked hard at his books too; in 1824 he leftcol-lege, and took up the stud-y of law, and soon be-cameone of the bar. He was now at his old home in Hills-bor-ough, and folks felt that he was a man of brains and greatforce ; he was sent to Con-gress, and held high of-fice in hisstate while he was stilla young man; and in the Mex-i-canWar he showed him-self as brave a man as his f a;-ther hadbeen. At last, in 1853, he was made pres-i-dent. At thistime, the strife as to the slave trade was at its height;some states wished to have slaves, while some held itwrong. At last Con-gress made a law that all new statesshould do as they pleased. The first Worlds Fair was. FRANKLIN
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