For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; for want of a horse the rider was lost; for want of a rider the battle was lost; for want of a battle the kingdom was lost; and all for want of a horseshoe-nail.
— Benjamin Franklin Early Modern

Electricity experiments, founding father

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Context

Poor Richard's Almanack

Date / Period

1758

Category

Shocking

Source

https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-08-02-0099

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Unverifiable

Explanation

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