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  <itunes:subtitle>We go way back in time for today's episode, enjoy! </itunes:subtitle>
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Episode Links:
Benjamin Franklin- Letter to Joseph Priestley, February 8th, 1780 (http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=31&amp;amp;page=455a)
Benjamin Frankin- Letter to Rev. Dr. Lathrop, May 31st, 1788 (https://books.google.com/books?id=yXFXAAAAYAAJ&amp;amp;lpg=PA244&amp;amp;ots=0rlG-2fYmO&amp;amp;dq=franklin%20I%20have%20sometimes%20almost%20wished%20it%20had%20been%20my%20destiny%20to%20be%20born%20two%20or%20three%20centuries%20hence.%20%20For%20invention%20and%20improvement%20are%20prolific%20and%20beget%20more%20of%20their%20kind.%20%20The%20present%20progress%20is%20rapid.&amp;amp;pg=PA244#v=onepage&amp;amp;q=franklin%20I%20have%20sometimes%20almost%20wished%20it%20had%20been%20my%20destiny%20to%20be%20born%20two%20or%20three%20centuries%20hence.%20%20For%20invention%20and%20improvement%20are%20prolific%20and%20beget%20more%20of%20their%20kind.%20%20The%20present%20progress%20is%20rapid.&amp;amp;f=false) 
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<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=31&page=455a" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Franklin- Letter to Joseph Priestley, February 8th, 1780</a></p>

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<p>Episode Links:</p>

<p><a href="http://franklinpapers.org/franklin/framedVolumes.jsp?vol=31&page=455a" rel="nofollow">Benjamin Franklin- Letter to Joseph Priestley, February 8th, 1780</a></p>

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