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1. “surveyor Virginia still had a vast western wilderness. Surveyors were needed to inventory and divide it. Through their inside information they could get in on the ground floor by acquiring some of the best parcels of land, so the introduction, the reason I was interested in reading more about George Washington is all the way back on founders number 226. I read this book Heroes by Paul Johnson, which profiles a bunch of different people. I think I picked up, I think there's like 30 people in the book, and maybe I picked six or eight of them to talk about in that episode, but one of those people was George Washington. And that book was unique because it gives you like, like, think of them almost like a 10-page overview or 10-page miniature biography of all these heroes throughout history. And there's a sentence in the two sentences in that book that was really interesting to me. And so it says George Washington was a vigorous and active man, an early riser about his business all day, and by no means intellectually idle.”

   2022-06-13 · Founders · #251 Ben Franklin and George Washington: The Founding Partnership · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source

2. “And the cover caught my eye. And I have done several podcasts on Ben Franklin. I did his autobiography back on founders number 62. And then Isaacson's fantastic biography of Franklin back on Founders 115. And even though I've read those two books on Franklin, I never thought about the partnership that he had with George Washington. So this book is a dual biography, focuses on the 30-year friendship that Franklin and Washington had and how their lives intersected around three historical events, which is the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and then the creation and the founding of a brand new government and nation. So I want to jump right into the beginning. The author is going to give us a brief overview of Franklin, a brief overview of George Washington's life, and the reason Benjamin Franklin, in my opinion, extremely important to study, and I plan on continuing to read as many books on him as I can find, is because I think he's the single most influential American entrepreneur to ever live. If you factor in how many people were inspired.”

   2022-06-13 · Founders · #251 Ben Franklin and George Washington: The Founding Partnership · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT · source