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To: the invisib1e hand

I suppose that leaves the old reprobate Ben himself out of the running.


6 posted on 09/25/2006 4:46:25 AM PDT by docbnj
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"Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and cloth, or the Gout will seize you and plague you both," Franklin wrote. Franklin relished his food, basked in the company of women, and at times used items of apparel to influence the way people perceived him. And, indeed, gout plagued Franklin for much of his life.


8 posted on 09/25/2006 5:18:52 AM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ("Remember the Alamo, Goliad and WACO, It is Time for a new San Jacinto")
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