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Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 and died on April 17, 1790. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. Franklin was a noted polymath, was known to be a great author, writer, scientist, inventor, politician, civic activists , salesman, diplomat and many more to mention. His inventions and many major discoveries has widely contributed to the todays modern applications in science. He was one of the figures that has contributed more to secure the independence of America from French alliance.

Franklin has been credited for becoming the root foundation of American values and character. A good combination of both practical and democratic Puritan values As being thrifty, hard working, educational, with community spirit, and his opposition to authoritarianism in both political and religious aspects of life, with the scientific and tolerant values of the Enlightenment. His colorful life and legacy of scientific and political achievement, as well as his status as one of America's most influential Founding Fathers has placed him in many coinage and money; warships in the names of many towns, counties, educational institutions, namesakes, companies, and for several decades in many cultural references as well.

One of his famous written essays I have found to be useful is taken from his saying "Don't give too much for the whistle", entitled THE WHISTLE. The storyline goes like this ' When I was a child of seven years old, my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children; and being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one. I then came home, and went whistling all over the house, much pleased with my whistle, but disturbing all the family. My brothers, and sisters, and cousins, understanding the bargain I had made, told me I had given four times as much for it as it was worth; put me in mind what good things I might have bought with the rest of the money; and laughed at me so much for my folly, that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure. This, however, was afterwards of use to me, the impression continuing on my mind; so that often, when I was tempted to buy some unnecessary thing, I said to myself, Don't give too much for the whistle; and I saved my money.

As I grew up, came into the world, and observed the actions of men, I thought I met with many, very many, who gave too much for the whistle.
When I saw one too ambitious of court favor, sacrificing his time in attendance on levees, his repose, his liberty, his virtue, and perhaps his friends, to attain it, I have said to myself, This man gives too much for his whistle.
When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect, He pays, indeed, said I, too much for his whistle.
When I met with a man of pleasure, sacrificing every laudable improvement of the mind, or of his fortune, to mere corporeal sensations, and ruining his health in their pursuit, Mistaken man, said I, you are providing pain for yourself, instead of pleasure; you give too much for your whistle.

With these as an ending note, the best practice to becoming a well deserving and honored individual is to keep track of those remarkable people's experiences, because experiences indeed are good teachers.

William Shakespeare was the son of John Shakespeare, a successful glover and alderman originally from Snitterfield, and Mary Arden, the daughter of an affluent landowning farmer. William Shakespeare was baptised on the 26th of April 1564 and died on the 23rd of April 1616. He was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He was acclaimed for his several sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into many major living language, and are also performed more often.

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. He married Anne Hathaway at the age of 18, who gave birth to three childre namely Susanna, and the twins Hamnet and Judith. He started his career as a fresh actor in London, and became a writer, and part owner of the playing company the Lord Chamberlain's Men which later was called as the King's Men. It was thought that he returned to Stratford around 1613, where he died three years later. Few records of Shakespeare's private life survive, and there has been considerable speculation about some aspects that might have contributed to his untimely death.

Shakespeare produced most of his known work between 1590 and 1613. On his early works he has made done mainly comedies and histories, and gradually reached the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. Amid all of his success, Shakespeare suffered the loss of his only son, Hamnet, who died in 1596 at the age of 11.Then he wrote mostly tragedies including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth. In his last phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances and collaborating with the other playwrights. Incredibly, most of Shakespeare's plays had never been published in anything except pamphlet form, and were simply extant as acting scripts stored at the Globe. Only the efforts of two of Shakespeare's company, John Heminges and Henry Condell, preserved his 36 plays (minus Pericles, the thirty-seventh) [Barnet, xvii] in the First Folio.

Shakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation was not known until the nineteenth century. The Romantics, in particular, acclaimed Shakespeare's genius, and the Victorians hero-worshipped Shakespeare. In the twentieth century, his work was repeatedly adopted, used and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are consistently performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.

The source of her life story is her own Memoir, published in1863 when she was 97 years old. Born a slave in 1766 in Maryland, her parents were also slaves. It was Her father's practice to read in the Bible for his children every sabbath morning., but Elizabeth remained illiterate.

At age eleven, Elizabeth was sold to a new owner who lived some miles from her family. Elizabeth felt lonely those time that she went home to look for her mother concluding that her master will oversee to her being out. Upon returning her master found her and tied her to a rope and she was slashed for returning to visit her mother, and it was after this events that she received her spiritual calling to become an evangelist.

After a short time reunited with her mother, Elizabeth was sold again. Her religious visions continued. Her fourth owner, a Presbyterian where she worked for a year but does not think that it's right to keep slaves for a lifetime.freed her in her 30s.

At the age of 42 in Baltimore, Elizabeth started her career as a religious evangelist, preaching though she was discouraged from doing so, especially by men who did not believe that women were permitted by the Bible to be preachers.She has travelled every town where she doesn't believe she could reach by her own will, but with the aid of the Almighty God.

At the age of 80, Elizabeth moved to Michigan, and during her four years there, founded an orphanage for black children and afterwards adding white ones. At 87, she moved to Philadelphia where, in 1863, she published an autobiographical account, ]Memoir of Old Elizabeth, A Coloured Woman.which was published after her death by Quakers, retitled as Elizabeth, A Colored Minister of the Gospel, Born in Slavery.