Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin (1818)The bell ringing for church, we went thither immediately, and with hearts full of gratitude, returned sincere thanks to God for the mercies we had received.
Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint; but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.
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(Footnote on page 133 - Benjamin Franklin wrote this in a letter to his wife in 1757 after describing a narrow escape from a shipwreck off the British coast.)Image Credits: Pixabay
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