Happy independence Day
At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Benjamin Franklin was queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation
some one asked
“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a Republic or a Monarchy?”
Franklin relied
“A Republic, if you can keep it.”
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"If there is a heaven it must have thinning aspen gold, and flighting woodcock, and a bird dog" GBE
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