He was asked the place of his nativity, and his reply, uttered in a sort of rowdyish way, was in these very words— " I was born in Ontario county, New-York, and weighed fourteen pounds! " Benjamin was a prodigious baby!

有人问他的出生地，他用一种粗鲁的方式回答说：“我出生在纽约州的安大略县，体重十四磅！ ” 本杰明是一个了不起的婴儿！