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All the difficulty will be in the first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as natural and easy as the present irregularity: for, ce n'est que le premier pas qui coute.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “All the difficulty will be in the first two or three days: after which the reformation will be as natural and easy as…”
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Franklin reassures that the initial difficulty of waking early will soon become a natural routine.
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