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E. Cotton Mather, A Preacher In New England, ...
Contributed by Davon Huss on Jul 2, 2007 (message contributor)
E. Cotton Mather, a preacher in New England, offered this advice to the young Benjamin Franklin as Franklin approached a low-hanging beam in Mather’s parsonage: You are young and have the world before you; stoop as you go through it, and you will miss many hard bumps.