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If such should be the case, which God forbid, how soon may the mischief spread to our frontier countries?
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “If such should be the case, which God forbid, how soon may the mischief spread to our frontier countries?”
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Franklin warns of the potential spread of mischief to frontier areas if certain conditions arise.
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