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Excerpt from The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin, in Philosophy, Politics, and Morals
In the introduction to these proposals, I stated their publi cation not as an act of mine, ' but of some public-spirited gen tle'men; avoiding as much' as I could, according to my usual rule, the presenting myself to the public as the author of any scheme for their benefit.
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