Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in …

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Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen, said,Dr. Franklin, if this were on a woman, we'd know what to think. And Franklin replied,Half an hour ago, Mademoiselle, it was on a woman, and now what do you think?
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Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen, said,Dr. Franklin, if this were on a woman, we'd know what to think. And Franklin replied,Half an hour ago, Mademoiselle, it was on a woman, and now what do you think?

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