Joseph AddisonIf you wish success in life, make perseverance you bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise councellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. Benjamin Franklin was an inventor, statesman, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, satirist, entrepreneur, and journalist. He was also a major Founding Father of the United States.
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