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Our respect for them will proportionally diminish; and I see clearly we are on the high road to mutual enmity, hatred, and detestation.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “Our respect for them will proportionally diminish; and I see clearly we are on the high road to mutual enmity, hatred…”
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Franklin foresees that mutual respect will decline, leading to enmity between America and Britain.
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