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Sally Feldman tells us<\/a> of Benjamin Franklin’s obsession with chess:<\/p>\n

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[Franklin’s] essay “The Morals of Chess” asserted that it improved basic human qualities such as foresight, caution and perseverance.<\/p>\n

At a game in France during the American struggle for independence, Franklin ignored his opponent’s check because he refused to defend his tyrannical king. “Take him, if you please,” he told his opponent. “I can do without him, and will fight out the rest of the battle en republicain.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Checkmate was probably inevitable—but it’s a lovely story anyway!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sally Feldman tells us<\/a> of Benjamin Franklin’s obsession with chess:<\/p>\n

\n

[Franklin’s] essay “The Morals of Chess” asserted that it improved basic human qualities such as foresight, caution and perseverance.<\/p>\n

At a game in France during the American struggle for independence, Franklin ignored his opponent’s check because he refused to defend his tyrannical king. “Take him, if you please,” he told his opponent. “I can do without him, and will fight out the rest of the battle en republicain.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Checkmate was probably inevitable—but it’s a lovely story anyway!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe Republican - India Uncut<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/the-republican\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Republican - India Uncut\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sally Feldman tells us of Benjamin Franklin’s obsession with chess: [Franklin’s] essay “The Morals of Chess” asserted that it improved basic human qualities such as foresight, caution and perseverance. 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