The body of Benjamin Franklin, printer (like the cover of an old book, its 
contents worn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding)
lies here, food for 
worms. Yet the work itself shall not lost, for it will, as he 
believed, appear once more In a new and more beautiful 
edition, corrected and amended by its Author

Benjamin Franklin

R.I.P

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