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For having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which i once thought right but found to be otherwise.
-Benjamin Franklin
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For Having Lived Long, I Have Experienced

Benjamin Franklin
For having lived long, i have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which i once thought right but found to be otherwise.
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