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WT Sharpe · 07-02-2010, 09:39 AM

.....The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no publick amusements to divert their attention from study, became better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observ'd by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally are in other countries.
..........— Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, diplomat, publisher. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (published posthumously).

07-02-2010, 09:39 AM	#161
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	My, how times change… .....The libraries were augmented by donations; reading became fashionable; and our people, having no publick amusements to divert their attention from study, became better acquainted with books, and in a few years were observ'd by strangers to be better instructed and more intelligent than people of the same rank generally are in other countries. ..........— Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American scientist, diplomat, publisher. *The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin* (published posthumously).