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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible. - Quote by Benjamin Franklin

To be thrown upon one’s own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.

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