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An Episcopalian divine once told the Pope that the only difference between their denominations was that the Church of Rome is infallible and the Church of England is never in the wrong.
Benjamin Franklin
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Benjamin Franklin
Age: 84 †
Born: 1706
Born: January 17
Died: 1790
Died: April 17
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