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		<title>Franklin, Benjamin -- &#8220;Apology for Printers,&#8221; Philadelphia Gazette (1731-06-10)</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If all Printers were determin’d not to print any thing till they were sure it would offend no body, there would be very little printed.</p>
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<br><b>Benjamin Franklin</b> (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist<br>&#8220;Apology for Printers,&#8221; <i>Philadelphia Gazette</i> (1731-06-10) 
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