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Ken Burns on Ben Franklin’s legacy: It’s complicated | Opinion

Recognizing failures does not require ignoring virtue, nor the opposite.

Benjamin Franklin's complicated legacy is the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.
Benjamin Franklin's complicated legacy is the subject of a new documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns.Read moreIllustration by Cynthia Greer
    by Ken Burns and David Schmidt, For The Inquirer
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