Comments on: “Beer is Proof that God Loves us and Wants us to be Happy” http://www.rightstep.com/blog/beer-is-proof-that-god-loves-us-and-wants-us-to-be-happy.html Drug and Alcohol Treatment That's Right For You Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:20:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Alison Saville http://www.rightstep.com/blog/beer-is-proof-that-god-loves-us-and-wants-us-to-be-happy.html/comment-page-1#comment-252 Alison Saville Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:53:08 +0000 http://rightstep.com/blog/?p=134#comment-252 This quote from About.com - Urban Legends supplies Ben's actual words: http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/2008/09/15/misquote-ben-franklin-on-beer.htm For the record, here, in a letter addressed to AndrĂ© Morellet in 1779, is what Benjamin Franklin actually did say: Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy. (Source: Isaacson, Walter. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. p.374.) This quote from About.com – Urban Legends supplies Ben’s actual words:

http://urbanlegends.about.com/.....n-beer.htm

For the record, here, in a letter addressed to André Morellet in 1779, is what Benjamin Franklin actually did say:

Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine, a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

(Source: Isaacson, Walter. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2003. p.374.)

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