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    <body><![CDATA[I've become more interested in this time period of American history lately, and enjoyed the chance to read some actual essays by Benjamin Franklin.  The book starts humorously, then switches to more of his revolutionary work.  I found it interesting that most of his creative writings would end with ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34565635">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I really liked the first part of the book--Franklin's essays--and found them to be very timely. They made me laugh, and, interestingly, they could have been written for our time. That came through loudly, so I enjoyed the idea that political and social issues that existed more than two hundred years...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54594225">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[We need Ben Franklin's witty sarcasm today. His sun dial of cannons is a great example of governmental waste. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A nice collection of Franklin's writings that is almost completely ruined by the editor's closing essay.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[yet another hilarious + rebellious must read]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Thanks, Trivial Pursuit!]]></body>
    
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