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Ben Franklin

Crime

Yrs. Truly, A Lincoln

On the grifter who made a living forging the signatures of American heroes.

John Kobler The New Yorker Feb 1956 50min Permalink

The Benjamin Franklin Effect

The misconception? You do nice things for the people you like and bad things to the people you hate.

The truth? You grow to like people for whom you do nice things and hate people you harm.

David McRaney You're Not So Smart Oct 2011 20min Permalink