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Accustomed as I am to public speaking, I know the futility of it.

Franklin P. Adams

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Franklin P. Adams
Age: 78 †
Born: 1881
Born: November 15
Died: 1960
Died: March 23
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Franklin P. Adams
F.P.A.
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