Benjamin Franklin Gives Praise To God 1728
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Notes:Excerpt from Benjamin Franklin's personal papers dated November 20, 1728, expressing gratitude for life's blessings

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