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Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Idleness and Pride Tax with a heavier Hand then Kings and Parliaments.
Source:
Letter to Charles Thomson (London, July 11, 1765)
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Benjamin Franklin
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Scientist, Inventor, Statesman
Born:
January 17, 1706 - April 17, 1790
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