Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them? - Benjamin Franklin

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Benjamin Franklin: "Five thousand balloons, capable of raising two men each, could not cost more than five ships of the line; and where is the prince who can afford so to cover his country with troops for its defense as that 10,000 men descending from the clouds might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief before a force could be brought together to repel them?"

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Afford	Balloons	Brought	Capable
Clouds	Cost	Country	Cover
Deal	Defense	Descending	Each
Five	Force	Infinite	Line
Might	Mischief	Places	Prince
Raising	Repel	Ships	Them
Thousand	Together	Troops	Where

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