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#62 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

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What Is It Like to Be 79 Years Old?

"I'm telling you, like the idea has allowed me to have a very, very happy and blessed life all the way up until my 79th year," he writes. "What happens in the rest of my life, I don't know, it's up to God." He ascribes his long continued health to industry and frugality,. The early easiness of his circumstances and acquisition of his fortune. And that cheerfulness and conversation which makes his company still sought for by younger acquaintances.

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