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He snatched the lightning shaft from heaven, and the sceptre from tyrants.
Inscription for a bust of Benjamin Franklin, inventor of the lightning rod
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
Anne Robert Jacques Turgot
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Born:
May 10, 1727
Died:
March 18, 1781
(aged 53)
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