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United States: Strategic developments in Philadelphia
‘We Are All Born Ignorant, but One Must Work Hard to Remain Stupid.’ Benjamin Franklin Changed His Mind on Independence at 69 and on Slavery at 84. 236 Years His Quote Still Holds Humiliated before the Privy Council in 1774, Franklin sailed home a rebel in 1775, helped edit the Declaration, won France for the Revolution and broke deadlocks in Philadelphia in 1787. He died in 1790 at 84; 20,000 came to the funeral.
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