As Mrs. think of saving, as well as of getting: To-day. slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Poverty and debt can affect a person's ability to act morally because it is "hard for an empty bag to stand upright." These are not the He is known as a holy person who followed God's words without question. Franklins presence in France and his great popularity led to almost instant acceptance of La Science du Bonhomme Richard and to its widespread popularity. Ennobling Honours, which she bids them wear. In 1732, he began writing his famous "Poor Richard's Almanac," and in 1758, he printed "Father Abraham's Sermon," which is considered one of the most well-known pieces of colonial literature.Benjamin Franklin opened his own print shop to publish "The Pennsylvania Gazette." gives all Things to Industry: Then plough deep, while What would you advise us to do. And farther, If you would have a faithful contains translations into Catalan, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh. Since 1758 it has been known as "The Way to Wealth," although one may agree it contains so much more.Words one may . Pp. But Poverty often deprives a Man of all Spirit and Virtue: Tis hard for an empty Bag to stand upright,11 as Poor Richard truly says. my own which he ascribed to me, but rather the long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. This essay analyzes what is likely Benjamin Franklin's best known text, "Father Abraham's Speech" from the last ever edition of Poor Richard's Almanack (1757), and it maps, on the basis of a new bibliography available on the affiliated website waytowealth.org, its global diffusion up to 1850, demonstrating its extraordinary and so far largely Your Creditor Perhaps they have had a small Estate left them, which they knew not the Getting of; they think tis Day, and will never be Night; that a little to be spent out of so much, is not worth minding; (a Child and a Fool, as Poor Richard says, imagine Twenty Shillings and Twenty Years can never be spent)16 but, always taking out of the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom;17 then, as Poor Dick says, When the Wells dry, they know the Worth of Water.18 But this they might have known before, if they had taken his Advice; If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some;19 for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing;20 and indeed so does he that lends to such People, when he goes to get it in again. BF landed at Falmouth about three weeks before this packet sailed. Fly Pleasures and they'll follow you. To serve the Publick faithfully, and at the same time please it entirely, is impracticable. People lie about paying back debts so often that according to Poor Richard, "the second vice is lying, the first is running in debt.". with a hungry Belly, and half starved their Families. However, let us Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1760 (Inferred) rap your Knuckles. 12.1734, p. [21], and December 1743, both complete; Feb. 1737, Felix quem, &c. only. certainly successful. 3-1 Richard Frethorne Describes Indentured Servitude in Virginia Letter to Father and Mother, March 20, April 2, 3, 1623 3-2 Opechancanough's 1622 Uprising in Virginia . afford himself no Leisure? Friends, what Poor Richard says. Remember Job suffered, and was afterwards prosperous. Author of Almanacks annually now a full However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack of 1733.4, It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. Another persona of Franklin's in "The Way to Wealth" is Father Abraham. This study guide contains the following sections: This detailed literature summary also contains Topics for Discussion and a Free Quiz on Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin. Abraham is considered the father of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam which are all monotheistic religions, or religions that believe in one God. Gleanings I had made of the Sense of all Ages and 2.I, 1237; announced as This Day published in Lond. goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that The Gentlemans Magazine for February of that year printed what it called Substance of a Preliminary Address prefixed to an old Pennsylvania Almanack, intitled Poor Richard Improved.4 The text was shortened by about one-sixth. "The Way to Wealth Study Guide." Dropping wears away Stones, and by Dili|gence Then since, as he says, The Borrower is a Slave to One, for the Sake of Finery on the Back, have gone These in turn are followed by several of Franklins other short pieces translated into French, for two of which the English originals are also provided. The first known Italian translation appeared in a periodical Scelta di opuscoli interessanti published in Milan in 1775, with another publication in Turin in the same year and a new Milan edition in 1781. Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? 1.Evans 10619 and 11929. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will,18 as Poor Richard says; and. First published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758; separately issued in 1760 under title "Fther Abraham's speech", and frequently reprinted under title "The way to wealth." The Hour of Sale not being come, they und him, he proceeded as follows. says) put out the Kitchen fire. 9.For example, where Father Abraham quotes Poor Richard as saying God helps them that help themselves, these first three French translations have the following renderings: Dubourg: Dieu aide ceux qui saident euxmmes. Courier de lEurope: Dieu aide ceux qui saident eux-mmme. Qutant: Dieu dit lhomme: aide-toi, je taiderai. Alfred Owen Aldridge, who first used this comparison between Dubourg and Qutant, points out that the latters version is very similar to the form of the proverb which had appeared in La Fontaine. Pleasure I have seldom enjoyed; for though I have 24. New York: Doubleday, 2000. Ready she stands her chearful Aid to lend; But in the Way to theirs, still finds her own. nj father abraham's speech from poor richards almanac 1757 summary. Then all her Good explore; Explord, pursue with each unbiassd Power. been very sparing in their Applauses and no other He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 a year, which is the Price of using 100. you run in Debt for such Dress! Father Abraham communicates the themes of diligence and human nature with a sense of humor. Her Medcines dread, her generous Offers spurn. A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cooks Shop. But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for thats the Stuff Life is made of,6 as Poor Richard says. quoted by other learned Authors. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1757.] . If How much more than is necessary do we spend in Benjamin Franklin's classic book is full of timeless, thought-provoking insights that are as valuable today as they were over two centuries ago. and was afterwards prosperous. well as Power to the Bold, and Heaven to the Vir|tuous. Richard Saunders prefatory address to the Courteous Reader, which in previous almanacs usually occupies about one page, is in this year expanded to fill not only the usual second page of the pamphlet but also all the available space on the right-hand pages devoted to the twelve months and all but two lines of an additional page after December. was wonderfully delighted with it, though I was Judge then how much I must have been grati|fied Dick says, When the Well's dry, they know the Curiously, the latter entry is not placed under BFs name but under that of Abraham Weatherwise, the pseudonym for the compiler of Father Abrahams Almanack, which BFs relative William Dunlap began to publish in Philadelphia in 1758. And pants to be the Friend of all Mankind. your own Industry, and Frugaliry, and Pru|dence, The sayings reveal people's tendency to avoid diligence, discipline, and frugality and instead seek vice, comfort, and luxury. Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man afford himself no Leisure? 7.Dubourgs and other French translations are discussed below. Enthusiasm spread to the French-speaking parts of Switzerland and editions appeared in Lausanne in 1778 and 1779. and The Way to Wealth to Vessels large., 11.Jan. 1740: An empty Bag cannot stand upright; May 1750: Tis hard (but glorious) to be poor and honest; An empty Sack can hardly stand upright; but if it does, tis a stout one!, 14.March 1738: He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter., 15.Oct. 1757, but the Security to both, instead of and the Debtor to the Creditor., 17.Feb. 1757, but maintain instead of keep., 18.May 1739: than run in debt for a Breakfast; see also Dec. 1757: Sleep without Supping, and youll rise without owing for it., 20.Dec. 1743, but omitting and scarce in that., 3.June 1744: Hear Reason, or shell make you feel her; March 1753: When Reason preaches, if you wont hear her shell box your Ears.. Shelf locator: *KD 1760 (Franklin, B. And Men for Punch forsook hewing and spliting. And again, he adviseth to Circumspection and Citation/reference: Evans 8131 Date: Signed and dated: Richard Saunders. of Taxes.I found the good Man had thoroughly At present perhaps you may think Thus the old Gentleman ended his Harangue. scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness For in another Place he says, Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths.9 Again, Poor Richard says, Tis foolish to lay out Money in a Purchase of Repentance;10 and yet this Folly is practised every Day at Vendues, for want of minding the Almanack. 13.March 1746, omitting Scarlet and Velvets; March 1757: Scarlet, Silk and Velvet, have put out the Kitchen Fire., 16.July 1754, omitting and a Fool.. The Gazette announced, September 15, that Poor Richard improved for 1758 was now in the Press and speedily will be published, and advertised it as just published in the issue of October 6. fasting. difficult, but industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; them your Purse open. 36 pp. In this preface Father Abraham cites only those proverbs that concern hard work, thrift, and financial prudence. Take two Ounces of Jesuits Bark, one Ounce of Snakeroot, one Ounce of Salt of Tartar, and Half an Ounce of Camomile Flowers; put them into a Half Gallon Bottle, filled with Jamaica Spirit, and set it into a Kettle of Water, over a moderate Fire, and let the Ingredients infuse three Days, the Water being kept rather warmer than Blood warm. When Benjamin Vaughan compiled his edition of Franklins Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces (London, 1779), he included this shortened version of the almanac preface, using the same title as the separate printings just mentioned.1 At the same time Vaughans London publisher, J. Johnson of St. Pauls Church Yard, issued The Way to Wealth in a broadside, which was helpfully mentioned in a note at the end of the text in the volume.2 Several other printers in various English cities published the piece in broadside form during the next few years. Wont these heavy Taxes quite ruin the Country? Away 18.Feb. 1736, with a difference which may have been a printers error in the original. Would you not say that you are free, do when you run in Debt: You give to another we cannot spare the ready Money, and hope now The matter will be discussed at the appropriate point in a later volume. Here you are all got together at this Vendue of It is with "Pleasure" that he introduces his 1757 almanac: "I have . Father Abraham's speech in response to this call comprises the chief substance of this extended preface. proves little enough. The frequent Mention he made of me must have tired any one else, but my Vanity was wonderfully delighted with it, though I was conscious that not a tenth Part of the Wisdom was my own which he ascribed to me, but rather the Gleanings I had made of the Sense of all Ages and Nations. He wasn't alone in the almanac publishing business. A Man may, if he knows not have no Occasion for them, they must be dear to you. all which is well said by Poor Richard. How shall we be ever able to pay them? Poor Richard's Advice: p. 84: Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757: An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry: p. 89: Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. With active Industry wake Natures Powers; With rising Years, still rising Arts display. He may have begun the writing while in New York or Woodbridge during the long wait before setting sail, and probably all the material for the almanac except the preface was in Halls hands before Franklins ship had weighed anchor at Sandy Hook. [New Canaan, CT] : Readex Microprint, [1987-1992] microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. The diligent Spinner has a large Shift; and now I Father Abraham's Speech or, The Way to Wealth Hardcover - January 1, 2000 by Benjamin (from Poor Richard's Almanac for 1758) Franklin (Author) See all formats and editions Hardcover $6.47 1 New from $6.47 Publisher The American Philosophical Society Publication date January 1, 2000 See all details Product details ASIN : B001LIGH3E a commoner). Ben Franklin sought to improve the colonies' morality, monetary status, and virtue.. looks in, but dares not enter. No further printing in England has been located until 1770 when Mrs. Ann (Fisher) Slack included it in a new edition of her anthology The Pleasing Instructor or Entertaining Moralist. Is that the Givers, or Receivers Care? Servant, and one that you like,serve your Self. Franklin contributed much to the world through his publishing, scientific discoveries, inventions, and public service. Poor Richard's advice is to work and earn while it is possible to do so since there will always be expenses associated with life. Livingstons article, while far from complete, is the most useful summary of the bibliographical history of Father Abrahams speech which the editors have found. And yet you are about to put yourself under that Tyranny when you run in Debt for such Dress! No almanac is ignored and only three are represented just once each. 1768 5-4 Advertisements for Runaway Slaves South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 Eighteenth-century translations include 28 into French (including one each printed in London, Brussels, and Utrecht and four in Lausanne), 11 into Italian, 3 into German, and one each into Dutch, Gaelic, and Swedish. Webster was in Philadelphia during his preparation of this revised and enlarged edition and conferred with BF about some of the pieces he proposed to include, but the surviving correspondence between them does not indicate whether they specifically discussed The Way to Wealth.. Records Commission. us by allowing an Abatement. a while: He means, that perhaps the Cheapness is 8.The title pages of both the 1758 and 1760 issues are undated and some bibliographical confusion has arisen between them. 5-4 Advertisements for Runaway Slaves "The Way to Wealth" must be considered alongside the extraordinary biography of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin named Father Abraham after this central religious and moral leader to assert the significance of his advice. Page 9 Funky Busines In its original form, or only moderately condensed or modified, it has been variously titled Preliminary Address prefixed to the Pennsylvania Almanack for 1758, Father Abrahams Speech , The Way to Wealth, La Science du Bonhomme Richard, or either of the last two as translated into various European languages. He only received two years of formal education, one in a school and one with a private tutor. Poor Richard'S Almanac [Anonymous] on Amazon.com. 1, 1770 as the Act directs by Robinson & Roberts in Paternoster Row, and T. Slack in Newcastle. When youre a Hammer, strike your Fill. PDF. Most notably, he restored some, though not all, of the uses of as Poor Richard says, and, apparently liking the expression, added it or similar words several times when they are not found in the original. Experience keeps a we had to pay, we might more easily discharge Yet, frugal, deems thExpence of Friends too great; For Friends neer mixing in ambitious Strife. Memories than Debtors; and in another Place says, 4.David Hall printed this recipe in Pa. is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees, as Poor The National Historical Publications and Those have a short Lent, saith Poor Richard, who owe Money to be paid at Easter.14 Then since, as he says, The Borrower is a Slave to the Lender, and the Debtor to the Creditor,15 disdain the Chain, preserve your Freedom; and maintain your Independency: Be industrious and free; be frugal and free. 9.Not in Evans. apparent only, and not real; or the Bargain, by forgetting that the sleeping Fox catches no 41621 passim. Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1758: By Richard Saunders, Philom. father abraham's speech from poor richard's almanac 1757 . 1749 July 7, 1757. His doing so and especially the heading he gave to it (though the song does not in fact appear in any of the Poor Richard almanacs) is further evidence of BFs authorship of the song from a member of his family and of the proper inclusion of the next-to-last stanza as a part of the original. done, go; if not, send. Dose for a grown Person Half a Jill, three or four times between the Fits; for a Child of a Year old a Tea Spoonful, mixed with Balm Tea; the Quantity to be increased according to the Age of the Person. Printed at Philadelphia. Except for some minor changes, such as in capitalization, spelling, and punctuation, the text is the same as in the original almanac. Franklins composition was headed: Preface dun Almanach de Pensylvanie, intitul Almanach du Pauvre Richard (Poor Richards Almanack).. How shall we be ever able to pay them? And, as Poor Richard likewise observes, He that hath a Trade hath an Estate,1 and He that hath a Calling hath an Office of Profit and Honour;2 but then the Trade must be worked at, and the Calling well followed, or neither the Estate, nor the Office, will enable us to pay our Taxes. 2498 (May 15, 1913), 4946. Father Abraham begins his speech with a series of Poor Richard's sayings, and the narrator is delighted at being quoted. (30) $3.00. by an incident I am going to relate to you. In it Franklin created a new persona, a plain clean old Man, with white Locks, called Father Abraham. well as Shoulders. Page 13 your Liberty, by confining you in Goal for Life, Since Women for Tea forsook spinning & knitting. by. Fools need Advice most, but wise Men only are the better for it. A few apparent quotations from Poor Richard are also included, which, in fact, are not found in any of the earlier almanacs but which, because of their appearance here, have come to be regarded as part of the Poor Richard canon. He pokes fun at the established fact that people often have to learn by doing something wrong rather than through listening to wise advice like Poor Richard's sayings. This small book is a collection of . it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle,10 as Poor Dick says. but Creditors (Poor Richard tells us) have better The small expenses that support immoral habits can add up and harm a family's ability to survive. found again: and what we call Time enough, always 4.9. It may be a ghost.. been, if I may say it without Vanity, an emi|nent Father Abraham warns against laziness and encourages people to exert effort and make sacrifices in the service of their financial goals. In the Affairs of this World, Men are saved, not by When you have got your Bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of Payment; but Creditors, Poor Richard tells us, have better Memories than Debtors;12 and in another Place says, Creditors are a superstitious Sect, great Observers of set Days and Times.13 The Day comes round before you are aware, and the Demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it. you may, perhaps, think little of Payment; Nor will the Bailiff or Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; Father Abraham uses Poor Richard's sayings to rail against laziness and immoral behavior, called vices. though you have found no Treasure, nor has any And again, The Eye of a Master will do more Work than both his Hands;9 and again, Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge;10 and again, Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open.11 Trusting too much to others Care is the Ruin of many; for, as the Almanack says, In the Affairs of this World, Men are saved, not by Faith, but by the Want of it;12 but a Mans own Care is profitable; for, saith Poor Dick, Learning is to the Studious, and Riches to the Careful, as well as Power to the Bold, and Heaven to the Virtuous.13 And farther, If you would have a faithful Servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.14 And again, he adviseth to Circumspection and Care, even in the smallest Matters, because sometimes a little Neglect may breed great Mischief;15 adding, For want of a Nail the Shoe was lost; for want of a Shoe the Horse was lost; and for want of a Horse the Rider was lost,16 being overtaken and slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a Horse-shoe Nail. Respect. Their Joy or Grief you live, their Shame or Pride; Hence timely learn to make their Bliss your own. The text was taken, as that in the Courier de lEurope had been, from the full original version but the translation was in somewhat more idiomatic French than either of its predecessors had been.9. Hence Conscience, void of Blame, her Front erects. Poor Richard explains that after "the old gentleman ended his harangue" the people in the room immediately went and did the opposite of everything Father Abraham had advised. studied my Almanacks, and digested all I had dropt Proud Modern Learning despises the antient: Schoolmen are now laught at by Schoolboys. discouraged me. Time will seem to have added Wings to his Heels as well as Shoulders. Creditors are a superstitious Sect, great Observes of The Ingredients, by adding more Spirit to them, make a good preventing Bitter. He that carries a small Crime easily, will carry it on when it comes to be an Ox. Father Abraham quotes Poor Richard's saying, "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." bestir ourselves. Web. Richard says in his Almanack, the Year I cannot This Pleasure I have seldom enjoyed; for tho I have been, if I may say it without Vanity, an eminent Author of Almanacks annually now a full Quarter of a Century, my Brother Authors in the same Way, for what Reason I know not, have ever been very sparing in their Applauses; and no other Author has taken the least Notice of me, so that did not my Writings produce me some solid Pudding, the great Deficiency of Praise would have quite discouraged me. Franklin's humor is evident in sayings like "Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other" and "If you will not hear Reason, she will surely rap your knuckles." So rather go to Bed supperless than rise in Debt.18, Tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold,19. This pamphlet appears in three undated issues which differ from each other in several typographical details.8 Probably all three issues were published in London.9 Two other printings with the same, or nearly the same, full title have a London 1774 imprint date and three more, undated, are believed to have been published in that or the next year. sure you will no longer complain of bad Times, Lib. Gustavus Hesselius, Portraits of Tishcohan and Lapowinsa, 1735 5-4 An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry Avoid, and cast the sullyd Play-thing by; There are, who tossing in the Bed of Vice. However, I resolved to be the better for rich Relation left you a Legacy, Diligence is the 1.J. Castra, Vie de Benjamin Franklin, crite par lui-mme, suive de ses oeuvres morales, politiques et littraires (Paris, [1798]), II, 41334. Reader, if Through its grants program, the NHPRC supports a wide range of activities to Tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold, Experience keeps a dear School, but Fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that, we may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct, They that wont be counselled, cant be helped, if you will not hear Reason, shell surely rap your Knuckles, The Pleasing Instructor or Entertaining Moralist consisting of Select Essays, Relations, Visions, and Allegories collected from The most Eminent English Authors to which are prefixed New Thoughts on Education, Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum, Lord Chesterfields Advice to his Son on Men and Manners, The New-England Almanack, or, Ladys and Gentlemans Diary, Bickerstaffs New-England Almanack, or, Ladys and Gentlemans Diary, A Selection of Lessons in Reading and Speaking being The Third Part of a Grammatical Institute of the English Language, Vie de Benjamin Franklin, crite par lui-mme, suive de ses oeuvres morales, politiques et littraires, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-07-02-0146, National Historical Publications and If anyone in Pennsylvania had added the statement about the place of printing, he or she would probably have written more specifically in Philadelphia rather than at Pennsylvania. Furthermore, the editors concur in Livingstons comment that this pamphlet bears every appearance of being from an English press.. try to borrow some; for, He that goes a borrow|ing of my Adages repeated, with `as Poor Richard says,' since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never First published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758; separately issued in 1760 under title "Father Abraham's speech", and frequently reprinted under title "The way to wealth." Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. How shall we be ever able to pay them? Her God she fears, all other Fear rejects. - Bristol, B2127. American ought not to be ashamed or afraid Mag. Are you then your own Master? The frequent Mention he made of Leisure the diligent Man will obtain, but the lazy but discovered likewise some Respect for Reader, if thou wilt do the same, thy Profit will be as great as mine. observes, He that hath a Trade hath an Estate, and If a more extended direct search of libraries in the Unites States and abroad had been possible, the total number of printings, and especially of translations into other languages, might have been somewhat extended. in that; or it is true, We may give Advice, However let us hearken to good advice, and something may be done for us; God helps them that help themselves, as Poor Richard says, in his almanac of 1733. With more than 700 pithy proverbs, Franklin lays out the rules everyone should live by and offers advice on such subjects as money, friendship, marriage, ethics, and human nature. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly, and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods; introduced to the publick by Poor Richard, (a famous conjurer and almanack-maker) in answer to the following questions, Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Or should kind Truth invade thy tender Ear. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods introduced to the public by Poor Richard, a famous Pennsylvania conjurer and almanack-maker, in answer to the following questions : Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? A semi-weekly, Courier de lEurope, Gazette Anglo-Franoise, was subsidized by the French government and served as a vehicle for propaganda, circulating both in the British Isles and on the Continent. A misprint at the end gives the date of composition of the Address as July 7, 1577 instead of 1757.. Poor Richard's Almanac is known today as a repository of Benjamin Franklin's proverbs, which typically counsel thrift and courtesy . Father Abraham speaks from the assumption that human nature is not naturally inclined toward moral behavior. John E. Alden, ed., Rhode Island Imprints 17271800 (N.Y., 1949), nos. the Lender, and the Debtor to the Creditor, disdain Searches to find the Friends delightful Face. The 1777 printing of Qutants translation also included, in the same pamphlet, translations of BFs examination before the House of Commons, 1766; the Constitution of Pennsylvania, 1776; and the examination of Richard Penn before the House of Lords, 1776. and again, Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave Franklin became wealthy through his work in publishing and used the opportunity to continue to demonstrate the virtues of diligent work and frugality emphasized in "The Way to Wealth." preserve, publish, and encourage the use of documentary sources, relating to the history of have a Right to dress as you please, and that such And again, Pride is as loud a Beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy.2 When you have bought one fine Thing you must buy ten more, that your Appearance may be all of a Piece; but Poor Dick says, Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.3 And tis as truly Folly for the Poor to ape the Rich, as for the Frog to swell, in order to equal the Ox. 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