Ernest Flagg vs. Benjamin Franklin
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Ernest Flagg
1857 – 1947
Ernest Flagg was an American architect in the Beaux-Arts style. He was also an advocate for urban reform and architecture's social responsibility.
"3d. Saving of materials: By greatly reducing the average height of walls... and reduction of floor thicknesses... by reducing the size and cost of foundations..…"
Benjamin Franklin
1812 – 1878
Benjamin Franklin was an American polymath: a writer, scientist, inventor, statesman, diplomat, printer, publisher and political philosopher. Among the most influential intellectuals of his time, Franklin was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States; a drafter and signer of the Declaration of Independence; and the first postmaster general.
"Today a man owns a jackass worth fifty dollars and he is entitled to vote; but before the next election the jackass dies. The man in the mean time has become mo…"
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