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If I had gone to gaming in the stocks with the public money, and through my fault a sum was lost, as your protest would insinuate, why was I not censured and punished for it when I returned?
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “If I had gone to gaming in the stocks with the public money, and through my fault a sum was lost, as your protest would…”
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Franklin questions why he was not held accountable for alleged mismanagement of public funds, highlighting issues of fairness and accountability.
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