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Man as Franklin: It would be
a very strange thing, if 6 nations of ignorant
savages should be capable of forming a scheme
for such a union, and be able to execute it
in such a manner as that it has
subsisted for ages, and appears indissoluble; and yet that a like union
should be impracticable for 10 or a dozen
English colonies, to whom it is more necessary, and must be more advantageous
a very strange thing, if 6 nations of ignorant
savages should be capable of forming a scheme
for such a union, and be able to execute it
in such a manner as that it has
subsisted for ages, and appears indissoluble; and yet that a like union
should be impracticable for 10 or a dozen
English colonies, to whom it is more necessary, and must be more advantageous
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Man as Franklin: It would be
a very strange thing,
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if 6 nations of ignorant
savages should be
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capable of forming a scheme
for such a union,
00:00:08.808 --> 00:00:11.175
and be able to execute it
in such a manner
00:00:11.021 --> 00:00:14.044
as that it has
subsisted for ages,
00:00:14.008 --> 00:00:16.777
and appears indissoluble;
00:00:16.816 --> 00:00:20.514
and yet that a like union
should be impracticable
00:00:20.553 --> 00:00:23.058
for 10 or a dozen
English colonies,
00:00:23.623 --> 00:00:26.593
to whom it is more necessary,
00:00:26.626 --> 00:00:29.494
and must be more advantageous.
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Movie Summary
Exploring the life and work of writer and publisher, scientist and inventor, diplomat and signer of both the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution: Benjamin Franklin.
