Hello, Miles!
You wrote to Douglas Connor on Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:10:00 GMT:

 MM>> It would be nice if today's leaders had the same depth and range
 MM>> of capacities as Franklin !

 MM>> :-)
 DC>> hey there was a show on the history chanel last night about
 DC>> Franklin:)
 DC>> it went from his teens to old age very quickly.
 DC>> starts as an aprentice at his brothers printering press
 DC>> he was 10th child of 17.
 DC>> seems all through his life he wondered "why" for most
everything.
 DC>> and worked to find the answer.

 MMD> Including the very important things !

 MMD> Somewhere I have a letter Benjamin wrote to a young man,  in which
 MMD> he laid out the reasons, obviously based on research, for any
 MMD> young bloke to get himself an old lady for a mistress...

 MMD> Bet the history channel didnt include that in his bio !

Hey they did not paint him as a saint:)
more of a ladys man with several  mistresses

With best regards, Doug Connor.

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