But every ship from Britain brings some intelligence of new measures, that tend more and more to exasperate: and it seems to me, that until you have found by dear experience the reducing us by force impracticable, you will think of nothing fair and reasonable.
Franklin warns that Britain's aggressive measures will only lead to further conflict with America.
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