May the mode descend to the lower ranks, till it becomes no longer the custom to pack their infants away, as soon as born, to the Enfants Trouvés, with the careless observation, that the king is better able to maintain them.
Franklin hopes that the practice of breastfeeding will become more common across all social classes.
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