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Hence the youth are dragged up in ignorance of every gainful art, and obliged to become soldiers, or servants, or thieves, for a subsistence.
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gutenberg.orgBenjamin Franklin: “Hence the youth are dragged up in ignorance of every gainful art, and obliged to become soldiers, or servants, or…”
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Franklin laments that youth in Europe often lack opportunities for gainful employment, leading to negative outcomes.
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