Thriving on the free flow of information and an unencumbered flow of new ideas both in his own life and in the society around him, Franklin foreshadowed much of what America would become.

• 在他自己的生活及周围的社会中，他凭藉信息的自由交流及新思想不受阻碍地传播而事业有成。富兰克林在很大程度上预示了美国的未来。