The Wisdom of Benjamin Franklin

Franklin appeals to those who voted against the Constitution

Douglas Perkins
Lessons from History
8 min readApr 14, 2021

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Franklin, Randolph, Mason, & Gerry (Wikimedia Commons)

September 1787

The Constitutional Convention was coming to a close. The Convention had been meeting five or six days a week for months and the Constitution was finally completed.

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