The genius which has freed America and poured a flood of light over Europe has returned to the bosom of the Divinity.

Franklin est mort... II est rétourné au sein de la Divinité, le génie qui affranchit l'Amérique et versa sur l'Europe des torrents de lumières!

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Statement to the French National Assembly, 11 June 1790, on the death of Benjamin Franklin. Source: ARCHIVES PARLEMENTAIRES DE 1787 A 1860 PREMIÈRE SÉRIE TOME XVI ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE CONSTITUANTE DU 31 MAI 1790 AU 8 JUILLET 1790 , p. 170-1.

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