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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="040f0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="041203c0.jpg" border=0 width="32" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#66334C" FACE="Arial" ><B>The Magic of Reading</B></FONT><B>      |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Magic of Reading"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id35.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE=" Bens Travel Journal "><U>  Ben's Travel Journal  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id31.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Why Reading is Magic "><U>Why Reading is Magic  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id32.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Magic of Reading Challenge"><U>The Magic of Reading Challenge</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id33.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="How to Become a Learning Genius"><U>How to Become a Learning Genius</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id127.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ben Franklin University"><U>Ben Franklin University</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Elem Sch Flyer"><U>Elem Sch Flyer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id125.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Mid Sch Flyer"><U>Mid Sch Flyer</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id124.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Library Flyer"><U>Library Flyer</U></A>   |   <B>Ben Franklin Page  </B>   |   <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ben Franklin Resume"><U>Ben Franklin Resume</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Rich Davis Page "><U>Rich Davis Page  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id126.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FAQ"><U>FAQ</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Program Information "><U>Program Information  </U></A>   |   <A HREF="id112.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Travel Schedule "><U>Travel Schedule    </U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03ff2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <I><IMG SRC="110adc50.gif" border=0 width="173" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> "He that lies down with dogs shall rise up with fleas."</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="042f0f03.jpg"> <div> <I>Ben Franklin Page</I></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="11322740.gif" border=0 width="290" height="372" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Dr. Rich Davis' favorite picture of Ben</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>For an excellent page or two on Ben Franklin's life, click the following:</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/"><U><B>http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/facts/index.htm</B></U></A><B>/index.htm</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0adf4170.gif" border=0 width="244" height="279" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ben Franklin Quota</B><B>tions</B></div> <div>   </div> <bR> <div> <B>A penny saved is a penny ______. </B></div> <div> <B>Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man _____.</B></div> <div> <B>A stitch in time saves nine.  </B></div> <div> <B>Little strokes fell great oaks.   </B></div> <div> <B>Eat to live, not live to eat.</B></div> <div> <B>Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.  </B></div> <div> <B>   </B></div> <div> <B>Lose no time.  Be always employed in something useful. </B></div> <div> <B>Let all your things have their places;  </B></div> <div> <B>let each part of your business have its time.</B></div> <div> <B>Remember, time is _____.      (Rhymes with funny)</B></div> <div> <B>A fool and his money are soon ____. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Ben's famous epitaph composed when he was </B></div> <div> <B>about twenty-two years old, some sixty-odd years </B></div> <div> <B>before he died:</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The body of</B></div> <div> <B>B. Franklin, Printer</B></div> <div> <B>(Like the Cover of an Old Book</B></div> <div> <B>Its Contents torn Out</B></div> <div> <B>And Stript of its Lettering and Gilding)</B></div> <div> <B>Lies Here, Food for Worms.</B></div> <div> <B>But the Work shall not be Lost;</B></div> <div> <B>For it will (as he Believ'd) Appear once More</B></div> <div> <B>In a New and More Elegant Edition</B></div> <div> <B>Revised and Corrected</B></div> <div> <B>By the Author.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Benjamin Franklin died </B><B>April 17, 1790 at the age of 84. </B></div> <div> <B>Twenty thousand people attended his funeral.</B></div> <bR> <div>                          </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Rich Davis Presentations  (843) 832-3029</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id37.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Ben Franklin Resume"><U><B>Ben Franklin Resume</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Magic of Reading"><U><B>The Magic of Reading</B></U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>