One instance more, and only one I'll bring; 'Tis the great man who scorns a little thing, Whose thoughts, whose deeds, whose maxims are his own, Form'd on the feelings of his heart alone: True genuine royal-paper is his breast; Of all the kinds most precious, purest, best.
Franklin praises the qualities of a great man whose character is formed by his own values and feelings.
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