Jakob"he offer'd to give me a Patent for the sole Vending of them for a Term of Years; but I declin'd it from a Principle which has ever weigh'd with me on such Occasions, viz. That as we enjoy great Advantages from the Inventions of others, we should be glad of an Opportunity to serve others by any Invention of ours, and this we should do freely and generously"
Franklin, Benjamin. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
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