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Handle your tools without mittens.

Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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Economist
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Boston
Massachusetts
Silence Dogood
Ben Franklin
The First American
Franklin
Poor Richard
Handle
Tools
Without
Work
Mittens

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