• @sfbing
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    57 months ago

    From reading the text, I speculate that Franklin was alluding to the preexisting saying as well – alluding to the cat in the dark as an accepted axiom.

    • all-knight-party
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      27 months ago

      That would make sense, cleverly recontextualizing a regular saying. It would fit the tone of the letter to do that humorously