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This charming vivacity and this play and sparkle of mind greatly contributed towards making Franklin so beloved of the French. His life in Paris was the happiest of his whole career. THIS CHARMING VIVACITY AND THIS PLAY AND SPARKLE OF MIND GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TOWARDS MAKING FRANKLIN SO BELOVED OF THE FRENCH HIS LIFE IN PARIS WAS THE HAPPIEST OF HIS WHOLE CAREER
 which commonly are not worth the reading. Yet you eat an inordinate breakfast, four dishes of tea with cream, and one or two buttered toasts, with slices of hung beef, which I fancy are not things the most easily digested. Immediately afterwards you sit down to write at your desk, or converse with persons who apply to you on business. Thus the time passes till one, without any kind of bodily exercise. But all this I could pardon, in regard, as you say, to your sedentary condition. But what is your practice after dinner? Walking in the beautiful garden of those friends with whom you have dined, would be the choice of men of sense; yours is to be fixed down to chess, where you are found engaged for two or three hours!” But notwithstanding his sedentary life and his gout and his other maladies, Franklin lived to be eighty-four, preserving his extraordinary brightness and gayety to the last. His mental faculties were unimpaired, his face was fresh and serene, and his spirits were buoyant. KS PAMPHLETS OR NEWSPAPERS WHICH COMMONLY ARE NOT WORTH THE READING YET YOU EAT AN INORDINATE BREAKFAST FOUR DISHES OF TEA WITH CREAM AND ONE OR TWO BUTTERED TOASTS WITH SLICES OF HUNG BEEF WHICH I FANCY ARE NOT THINGS THE MOST EASILY DIGESTED IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARDS YOU SIT DOWN TO WRITE AT YOUR DESK OR CONVERSE WITH PERSONS WHO APPLY TO YOU ON BUSINESS THUS THE TIME PASSES TILL ONE WITHOUT ANY KIND OF BODILY EXERCISE BUT ALL THIS I COULD PARDON IN REGARD AS YOU SAY TO YOUR SEDENTARY CONDITION BUT WHAT IS YOUR PRACTICE AFTER DINNER WALKING IN THE BEAUTIFUL GARDEN OF THOSE FRIENDS WITH WHOM YOU HAVE DINED WOULD BE THE CHOICE OF MEN OF SENSE YOURS IS TO BE FIXED DOWN TO CHESS WHERE YOU ARE FOUND ENGAGED FOR TWO OR THREE HOURS BUT NOTWITHSTANDING HIS SEDENTARY LIFE AND HIS GOUT AND HIS OTHER MALADIES FRANKLIN LIVED TO BE EIGHTY FOUR PRESERVING HIS EXTRAORDINARY BRIGHTNESS AND GAIETY TO THE LAST HIS MENTAL FACULTIES WERE UNIMPAIRED HIS FACE WAS FRESH AND SERENE AND HIS SPIRITS WERE BUOYANT
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