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We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.
-Benjamin Franklin
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We May Perhaps Learn To Deprive Large

Benjamin Franklin
We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.
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