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He was a colonial American, of course, but he was as intensely an American as any man who has lived on this continent before or since.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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gutenberg.orgHenry Cabot Lodge: “He was a colonial American, of course, but he was as intensely an American as any man who has lived on this continent…”
Editor's note · Context
Lodge emphasizes that Benjamin Franklin, while a colonial American, was undeniably an American figure.
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