We think so much of what he did was intertwined. He realized the power of writing and using the press to spread ideas, and some had to do with civic responsibility or science. The last section deals with his abiding sense that people do something good for other people. This brings in his work in creating the Pennsylvania Hospital, the University of Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Fire Department, the postal service.
-Carolyn Rebbert
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