At the close of the Constitutional Convention
in Philadelphia on September 18, 1787,
a Mrs. Powel anxiously awaited the results,
and as Benjamin Franklin emerged
from the long task now finished,
asked him directly:
"Well Doctor, what have we got,
a republic or a monarchy?"
"A republic, if you can keep it" responded Franklin.
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