Benjamin Franklin Gives Praise To God 1728
| Notes: | excerpt from benjamin franklin's personal papers dated november 20, 1728, expressing gratitude for life's blessings |
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For peace and liberty, for good and raiment, for corn, and wine, and milk, and every kind of healthful nourishment, - Good God, I thank thee!
For the common benefits of air and light; for useful fire and delicious water, - Good God, I thank thee!
For knowledge, and literature, and every useful art, for my friends and their prosperity, and for the fewness of my enemies, - Good God, I thank thee!
For all thy innumerable benefits; for life, and reason, and the use of speech; for health, and joy, and every pleasant hour, - My good God, I thank thee!
Benjamin Franklin
'Thanks'
(Personal Papers)
November 20, 1728