A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the ed…

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A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1838). The Life and Essays of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Carefully Collected from His Own Papers, Containing All His Miscellaneous Pieces, p.408
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