“The body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out and stripped of its lettering and gilding), lies here, food for worms; but the work shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more elegant edition, revised and corrected by the Author.”
- Benjamin Franklin’s epitaph
(written in 1728 by BJ, himself, at the tender age of 22)
(written in 1728 by BJ, himself, at the tender age of 22)
Brought to us by a true Historian.
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