caption · Issue No. 6, June 1954 · p. 30

• Benjamin Franklin, the United States ambassador to France, was standing among the spectators watching a balloon at the Averny airfield, when a young man placed his hand on his shoulder and asked him: "What use can there be in this world for such a thing?" Benjamin answered him calmly: "And what use is a newborn baby?..."

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