The Body of B. Franklin,
Printer,
Like the Cover of an Old Book,
Its Contents Torn Out
And Stripped of its Lettering and Gilding,
Lies Here
Food for Worms,
But the Work shall not be Lost,
For it Will as He Believed
Appear Once More
In a New and more Elegant Edition
Revised and Corrected
By the Author.
-Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
American Statesman, Printer, Writer and Inventor
(Epitaph written by himself at age 22)