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The Seven Founders were completely dedicated to the public service.
Madison once remarked: `` My life has been so much a public one '', a comment which fits the careers of the other six.
Franklin retired from editing and publishing at the age of 42, and for the next forty-two years devoted himself to public, scientific, and philanthropic interests.
Washington never had a chance to work for an extended stretch at the occupation he loved best, plantation management.
He served as Commander in Chief during the Revolution without compensation.
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