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If the necessity of our affairs should oblige us to accept of terms less advantageous than our present successes seem to promise us; an intelligent people, as ours is, must see that necessity, and will acquiesce.
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Franklin suggests that a wise populace will understand the necessity of accepting less favorable terms if required.
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