This Doctrine, my Friends, is Reason and Wis|dom; 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. absolute Sloth, or doing of Nothing, with that which Using the pseudonym Richard Saunders, Franklin published his first almanac on December 19, 1732. as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, Drive thy One of the Paris editions contained a new translation by J. Castra.1 The most unusual, and apparently one of the most popular versions, appeared in 1795. Honor; but then the Trade must be worked at, Would you not say that you are free, The idle Man is the Devils Hireling; whose Livery is Rags, whose Diet and Wages are Famine and Diseases. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1757.] the Lender, and the Debtor to the Creditor, disdain the Chain, preserve your Freedom, and maintain Alternatively, the old Father Abraham of 1757 may have been more discreet than the young Richard Saunders of 1735. on those Topicks during the Course of five-and So much for Industry, my Friends, and Attention to ones own Business; but to these we must add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more certainly successful. hearken to good Advice, and something may be or to sell you for a Servant, if you should not be these Superfluities! adding, For want of a Nail, the Shoe was lost; for The Way to Wealth as a title, and the shortened form which the title indicates, seem not to have appeared in America until 1780 when John Carter, a Providence printer who had served his apprenticeship with Franklin and Hall, used it in the different editions of his New England Almanack for 1781.4 Other printings, in newspapers, magazines, or almanacs, as pamphlets or broadsides, or in anthologies, followed in America during the next two decades.5 Title-page imprints represent eighteen cities and towns, scattered from Maine to Pennsylvania; only the printers in the southern colonies and states appear as a group to have been indifferent to this highly popular composition. our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, When Benjamin Franklin. Taxes quite ruin the Country? 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. Reading the American Past: Volume I: To 1877 Selected Historical Documents > ISBN13: 9780312564131 Summary With five carefully selected documents per chapter, this two-volume primary source reader presents a wide range of documents representing political, social, and cultural history in a manageable, accessible way. Course Hero. Uniform Title: Way to wealth: Description: New-Haven [Conn. : s.n. is never worth minding; (A Child and a Fool, as Course Hero. Select search scope, currently: catalog all catalog, articles, website, & more in one search; catalog books, media & more in the Stanford Libraries' collections; articles+ journal articles & other e-resources Thine to serve thee, Father Abraham draws his speech to its conclusion with a series of humorous comments about the general foolishness of humanity. Poor Richard's Almanac is known today as a repository of Benjamin Franklin's proverbs, which typically counsel thrift and courtesy . and The Way to Wealth to Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today., 10.May 1741, adding always after be., 14.Jan. 1735; bit instead of ate., 19.May 1756, but omitting grievous and needless., 20.Sept. 1750, but omitting without Labour, only, and they., 2.June 1756, and April 1742, which substitutes good for diligent., 4.Aug. 1737, but in first line transplanted instead of removed., 7.Nov. 1743, but it, not your Business., 14.Oct. 1737, a faithful Servant and one that you like.. done for us. ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? It depends chiefly on two Words, Industry and Frugality.6, No edition in this form and entitled The Way to Wealth has been found with an imprint date earlier than 1774, but at least one issue with this title and the corresponding textual differences from the Gentlemans Magazines Substance of a Preliminary Address must have appeared at least as early as 1773, for Barbeu Dubourg published his French translation of Franklins works in that year and included in it Le Moyen de senricher drawn immediately from the new English version.7. In 1732, Benjamin Franklin began to publish Poor Richard's Almanac, a calendar packed with astronomical observations, miscellaneous information, and pithy advice about almost everything, all of it written by Franklin under the pseudonym of Richard Saunders.Widely read, the almanac became highly profitable for Franklin, and he continued to publish it every year until 1757. Through its grants program, the NHPRC supports a wide range of activities to A collection of the sayings of Poor Richard, presented in the form of a speech, and variously known as Father Abraham's speech, The way to wealth, and La science du Bonhomme Richard. every Day at Vendues, for want of mining It was written for the 25th anniversary issue of the Almanac. The small expenses that support immoral habits can add up and harm a family's ability to survive. Sloth, like Rust, 1768 5-4 Advertisements for Runaway Slaves South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 For Friends, the richest Furniture of Life! Or should kind Truth invade thy tender Ear. ], 1804 16 p. Notes "Father Abraham's speech" signed: Richard Saunders. 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 . One, for the Sake of Finery on the Back, have gone Hence Conscience, void of Blame, her Front erects. It consists of the selection and careful arrangement in a connected discourse of approximately one hundred of the aphorisms and maxims contained in the earlier Poor Richard almanacs. consumes faster than Labour wears, while the used Sloth, by bringing on Diseases, absolutely shortens Life. and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep To-day. a commoner). to wear my old One a little longer. your Independency. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. Copyright 2016. afford himself no Leisure? as it shewed not only that my Instructions were re|garded, . the United States, and research and development projects to bring historical records to the If you would be wealthy, says he in another Al|manack, [Luther S. Livingston], News for Bibliophiles, The Nation, XCVI, No. do more with less Perplexity. Messrs. John Alden of the Boston Public Library, Jack C. Barnes of the University of Maryland, Roger P. Bristol of the Alderman Library, University of Virginia, Antonio Pace of Syracuse University, and Edwin Wolf, 2nd, of the Library Company of Philadelphia, have been particularly helpful. farther, that if you will not hear Reason she'll surely Franklin, Benjamin, extracts from The World's Wit and Humor, Poor Richard to the Courteous Reader, from Poor Richard's Almanack, The Whistle, Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout, Friends and Acquaintances, Franklin as a Teetotaler, from Autobiography, Maxims, The Ephemera, Model of a Letter, To Miss Georgiana Shipley, Franklin at Versailles, Epitaph for Himself, American, 18th Century . Father Abraham starts to conclude his speech with a plea to the crowd: "[P]reserve your freedom; and maintain your independency; be industrious and free; be frugal and free" (16). 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.. First published by Benjamin Franklin in 1732, "Poor Richard's Almanack" was a guide to both weather forecasts and wise sayings. These inscriptions have led some bibliographers to believe that this pamphlet was printed at Philadelphia. Estate left them, which they knew not the Get|ting You call them Goods, but Sloth, like Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears, while the used Key is always bright, dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for thats the Stuff Life is made of, there will be sleeping enough in the Grave, Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all easy, Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, Drive thy Business, let not that drive thee, Early to Bed, and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise, He that hath a Calling hath an Office of Profit and Honour, At the working Mans House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter, Industry pays Debts, while Despair encreaseth them, plough deep, while Sluggards sleep, and you shall have Corn to sell and to keep, Have you somewhat to do To-morrow, do it To-day, Let not the Sun look down and say, Inglorious here he lies, Diligence and Patience the Mouse ate in two the Cable, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure, Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things, Trouble springs from Idleness, and grievous Toil from needless Ease, now I have a Sheep and a Cow, every Body bids me Good morrow, That throve so well as those that settled be, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee, If you would have your Business done, go; If not, send, The Eye of a Master will do more Work than both his Hands, Want of Care does us more Damage than Want of Knowledge, Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open, In the Affairs of this World, Men are saved, not by Faith, but by the Want of it, If you would have a faithful Servant, and one that you like, serve yourself, a little Neglect may breed great Mischief, 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, keep his Nose all his Life to the Grindstone, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting, think of Saving as well as of Getting: The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her, Make the Wealth small, and the Wants great, What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children, Expences; a small Leak will sink a great Ship, Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries, Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths, Tis foolish to lay out Money in a Purchase of Repentance, learn by others Harms, Fools scarcely by their own, Felix quem faciunt aliena Pericula cautum, Ploughman on his Legs is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees, imagine Twenty Shillings and Twenty Years can never be spent, always taking out of the Meal-tub, and never putting in, soon comes to the Bottom, When the Wells dry, they know the Worth of Water, If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing, Pride is as loud a Beggar as Want, and a great deal more saucy, Pride that dines on Vanity sups on Contempt, Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy, The second Vice is Lying, the first is running in Debt, Tis hard for an empty Bag to stand upright, Creditors are a superstitious Sect, great Observers of set Days and Times, tis easier to build two Chimnies than to keep one in Fuel, rather go to Bed supperless than rise in Debt. Page 7 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. 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. 5.Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum, I (Sept. 1775), 41922. In it Franklin created a new persona, a plain clean old Man, with white Locks, called Father Abraham. Away Night; that a little to be spent out of so much, I found the good Man had thoroughly studied my Almanacks, and digested all I had dropt on those Topicks during the Course of Five-and-twenty Years. 4.Oct. 1751; the first two words are changed in Gent. Outgoes are greater than her Incomes. However, let us Mercury, Sept. 12, 1757; Pa. a Purchase of Repentance; and yet this Folly is prac|tised Pale Envy flies; her Quiver Slander breaks: Thus falls (dire Scourge of a distracted Age!). Care is the ruin of many; for as the Almanack says, How shall we be ever able to pay them? It cannot promote Health, or ease Pain; it makes no Increase of Merit in the Person, it creates Envy, it hastens Misfortune. First published as the introduction to Poor Richard's almanac for 1758. The whole effect is to tighten as well as to shorten the piece and to reduce somewhat the personal involvement both of Father Abraham and of Richard Saunders himself. be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality, And again, to the same Purpose, When youre a Hammer, strike your Fill. Log in for more information. Richard says, The second Vice is Lying, the first is Wont these heavy Taxes quite ruin the Country? Time will seem to have added Wings to his Heels as well as Shoulders. Leisure is Time for doing something useful; this The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. is one which is inscribed at the top of the title page (partly trimmed off): Lady Juliana P[enn] J: Gunn[ing]. At the bottom, below the lower row of type ornaments, is written in the same hand: Printed at Pennsylvania 1773. A later inscription on the third page records the transmission of the pamphlet by John Gunning to two other members of his family. then with your expensive Follies, and you will not Cited In: Shaw & Shoemaker 12591. bestir ourselves. (30) $3.00. In Nature near, tho far by Space removd; No Foe can find, or none but Virtues Foes; The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting. Oh! 8.D. H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature (N.Y., 1923), p. 21. This means that small efforts add up to larger achievements. About Poor Richard's Almanac. Father Abraham stood up and reply'd, If you'd Father Abraham uses Poor Richard's sayings to advise his listeners to adopt moral, upright, frugal habits while at the same time acknowledging that most people struggle to maintain such habits. Father Abraham's speech in response to this call comprises the chief substance of this extended preface. Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? He would not have been able to accomplish many of these things without the wealth that he earned. travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, At a public vendue the assembled crowd called on him for comment on the Times and for advice on how to meet the heavy Taxes now in force.6, Father Abrahams speech in response to this call comprises the chief substance of this extended preface. Author has taken the least Notice of me, so that did When there is so 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. E. The sheet measures approximately 15 by 12 inches. Published Octr. They appeared as separate pamphlets, in magazines, and in anthologies of various sorts.3 Some of these printings used the title beginning Preliminary Address essentially as it had appeared in The London Chronicle in 1758 and included the full text reprinted there from The Grand Magazine. do when you run in Debt: You give to another Industry need not wish,17 as Poor Richard says, and He that lives upon Hope will die fasting.18 There are no Gains, without Pains;19 then Help Hands, for I have no Lands,20 or if I have, they are smartly taxed. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods; introduced to the publick by Poor Richard [pseud.] 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. Then since, as he says, The Borrower is a Slave to Pp. He argues that the best way to achieve wealth is not only to earn money but also to avoid spending it on frivolous things. 110 and 111. Wants of Mankind thus become more numer|ous The work received a new title, one which was destined to become as familiar in France (and in American naval history through the name of John Paul Joness ship) as The Way to Wealth was becoming in England: La Science du Bonhomme Richard, ou moyen facile de payer les impts. Time will seem to have added Wings to his Heels as How much more than is necessary do we spend in That the publishers were indebted to the Vaughan 1779 edition of Franklins works was sometimes shown by their including in the title Franklins name and some phrase such as From his Political Works. Title pages which identify publications in twenty cities and towns in the British Isles attest to the widespread interest in this work. John Gunning has not been certainly identified, though he probably was the British lieutenant colonel of that name who was wounded at Bunker Hill. says; and. and by Degrees come to lose your Veracity, and Quarter of a Century, my Brother-Authors in the Wise Men, as Poor Dick says, learn by others Harms, Fools scarcely by their own;11 but, Felix quem faciunt aliena Pericula cautum.12 Many a one, for the Sake of Finery on the Back, have gone with a hungry Belly, and half starved their Families; Silks and Sattins, Scarlet and Velvets, as Poor Richard says, put out the Kitchen Fire.13 These are not the Necessaries of Life; they can scarcely be called the Conveniencies, and yet only because they look pretty, how many want to have them. He boasted in his autobiography that the almanac eventually reached ten. Next Nature will inspire. "The Way to Wealth" originally served as the preface for the last edition of Poor Richard's Almanac and offers timeless advice on the habits of mind and body that contribute to financial success. You call them Goods, but if you do not take Care, they will prove Evils to some of you. Poor Dick farther advises and says, But what Madness must it be to run in Debt for 8.Some of these differences are described in L.S.L. 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. And again, Three Removes is as bad as a Fire; 1768 5-4 Advertisements for Runaway Slaves South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 Franklin must also be classed as the first American humorist. were conversing on the Badness of the Times, and or a Gentlewoman, on Pain of Imprisonment or The frequent Mention he made of 2.I, 1237; announced as This Day published in Lond. the great Deficiency of Praise would have qu But us by allowing an Abatement. We are taxed twice as Fly Pleasures and they'll follow you. quoted by other learned Authors. We may make these Times better if we On the other hand, the Poor Richards for 1737, 1743, and 1754, supply six aphorisms apiece for Father Abrahams speech, and the almanac for 1746 provides eight.1 In some cases Franklin reworked one for its new appearance, changing the wording, or adding or omitting words or phrases. 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. There are no Gains without Pains; then Records Commission. 3.The first identified printing of the speech in Scotland was in The Scots Magazine, XXXIX (Jan. 1777), 216 (in the full form); the first in Ireland was a pamphlet issue of The Way to Wealth in Dublin, 1782. Whom the same Water, Earth, and Air sustain, Oer whom one Parent-King extends his Reign. This small book is a collection of . (Yale University Library), This is the twenty-sixth and last almanac in this series which Franklin prepared himself; thereafter David Hall assumed the responsibility.5 Appropriately, the contents of this almanac make it the best known of all, for it is the direct source of the most widely reprinted of all Franklins writings, even including the autobiography. Started electrical experimentsafter receiving an electric tube from Peter Collision. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people) Genres Pamphlets Notes Content: Portrait of Franklin, "drawn by T. Holloway from the bust modelled at Paris from the life, engrav'd by Allardice," inserted before front. Ennobling Honours, which she bids them wear. And again, The Eye of a Master will do more Fineries and Knicknacks. 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. Livingstons article, while far from complete, is the most useful summary of the bibliographical history of Father Abrahams speech which the editors have found. In this preface Father Abraham cites only those proverbs that concern hard work, thrift, and financial prudence. 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. Healthy daily life habits help people use their time wisely and in turn achieve financial success. And again. straitning thee in thy Business, may do thee more Harm He says, "Lying rides in upon Debt's back." to be fine without it. difficult, but industry all easy, as Poor Richard says; 5.This count is chiefly based on a check of the major bibliographical lists, such as those of Evans, Sabin, and Ford; published lists of the imprints of several American colonies and states; the printed catalogues of the British Museum, Bibliothque Nationale, and Library of Congress; and the actual holdings of the American Philosophical Society and the Yale University Library. now remember. But Poor Richard's charge that Father Abraham's audience responds to his speech "just as if it had been a common Sermon" checks this impression of piety with a reminder that the crowd and the preacher are capable of experiencing such involvement without serious commitment. long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. And in Lifes Voyage is thimpelling Wind; And steer the Bark with Heavn-directed Hand: So shall you safe Ambitions Gales receive. 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. One thing, however, is certain: they have bought and read Father Abrahams speech in all its different forms in unknown thousands of copiesand the publishers, at least, have profited from their enthusiasm. The title page indicates that the pamphlet was issued Philadelphie Et se trouve Paris, chez Ruault, Libraire rue de la Harpe, but the mention of the American city was doubtless only a dodge to escape the requirement of a royal license. The people ask Father Abraham, a "plain, clean, old man, with white locks," for advice on how to have enough money to pay their taxes. Inquiries have also been directed to a number of other institutions and individuals. The common Friend! Employ thy Time Would you not say, that you are free, have a Right to dress as you please, and that such an Edict would be a Breach of your Privileges, and such a Government tyrannical? 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. 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