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The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.
-Benjamin Franklin
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The Greatest Inventions Are Those Inquiries Which

Benjamin Franklin
The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.
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