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It is true, that in some of the states there are parties and discords; but let us look back, and ask if we were ever without them?
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “It is true, that in some of the states there are parties and discords; but let us look back, and ask if we were ever…”
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Franklin reflects on the persistent nature of political discord throughout history, questioning if it has ever been absent.
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