Benjamin Franklin

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Dr. Franklin used to play the ponies with Mark Twain and Jefferson. Once, when Dr. Franklin was talking with admiration about Standardbred horses, Jefferson thought he was espousing Hamiltonian views, and challenged him to a duel. The men fought for seven straight days before George Washington, who never told a lie, informed Jefferson that Dr. Franklin had not said 'Hamiltonian' but, rather, 'Hambletonian'. They laughed, laughed, laughed.