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  • Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the Laws protect them sufficiently so that they have no need of the Patronage of great Men; and every one will enjoy securely the Profits of his Industry. But if he does not bring a Fortune with him, he must work and be industrious to live.

    Benjamin Franklin (1839). “The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin”, p.78
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