Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was fore…

Thomas Paine
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Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death.
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What at first was plunder assumed the softer name of revenue. ✨ Thomas Paine (2014). Selected Writings of Thomas Paine, p.276, Yale University Press

Those who knew Benjamin Franklin will recollect that his mind was forever young, his temper ever serene; science, that never grows gray, was always his mistress. He was never without an object, for when we cease to have an object, we become like an invalid in a hospital waiting for death.

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