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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 3951 |
| AUTHOR: | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) |
| QUOTATION: | Here you would know and enjoy what posterity will say of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letter to Washington, March 5, 1780. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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