Charles D. Shell
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“My temperament is not inclined toward more self-promotion than is absolutely necessary for my professional well-being.”
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“The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.”
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“Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.
[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]”
― Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin Volume 2
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