In 1757, Benjamin Franklin narrowly escaped a shipwreck as he neared the English coast. Later, he wrote his wife, Deborah.
"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 lighthouse."
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Yeah...'cause Christian and practical are mutually exclusive.
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