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Benjamin Franklin on chess

"Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having to restrain ourselves from making hasty moves; and finally, we learn from chess the greatest maxim in life - that even when everything seems to be going badly for us we should not lose heart, but always hoping for a change for the better, steadfastly continue searching for the solutions to our problems." - Benjamin Franklin (1706-90)

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  • 4 years ago

    PVilla

    Thank you for sharing.  I will use the quote in my freshman English class.  I will have to inform them, however, who Ben Franklin was. 
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