"Its importance is as great as its age and this is old enough to command even my veneration.

It reminds me of another discovery of mine: the value of the human elbow.

I was telling the King's physician of that this morning and it seemed to amuse him.
But for the human elbow every person would need a neck longer than that of a goose to do his eating and drinking." "I had never thought of that," Lady Howe laughingly answered.

"It surely does have some effect on one's manners." "And his personal appearance and the cost of his neckwear," said Franklin.

"Here is another discovery." He took a leathern case from his pocket and removed from it a sealed glass tube half full of a colorless liquid.
"Kindly hold that in your hand and see what happens," he said to Lady Howe.