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By such prudent conduct, I imagine, that supremacy may be gradually strengthened, and in time fully established; but otherwise, I apprehend it will be disputed, and lost in the dispute.
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Franklin suggests that prudent governance can strengthen the supremacy of the British legislature over time.
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