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Was Benjamin Franklin America’s First Scientist?

The Michael Shermer Show

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How Franklin influenced the Declaration’s wording

Shermer connects Franklin’s edit of Jefferson’s draft (self-evident vs. sacred) to Enlightenment rationalism and Humean influence.

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