though you have found no Treasure, nor has any but Creditors (Poor Richard tells us) have better laid on by the Government were the only Ones 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. . 1768: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: p. 93 as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack. your Independency. Aiding and aided each, while all contend. Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1760 (Inferred) Benjamin Franklin's classic book is full of timeless, thought-provoking insights that are as valuable today as they were over two centuries ago. absolute Sloth, or doing of Nothing, with that which 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. 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 is to the Studious, and Riches to the Careful, as Since Women for Tea forsook Spinning and Knitting, And Men for Punch forsook Hewing and Splitting.19. He educated himself while working all day and staying up until late hours to learn, create, invent, and write. 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. These are the pseudonyms or false names under which Benjamin Franklin wrote and published his famous almanac. It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one-tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service. then do not squander Time, for do more with less Perplexity. If we are industrious we shall never starve; for, as Poor Richard says, At the working Mans House Hunger looks in, but dares not enter.3 Nor will the Bailiff nor the Constable enter, for Industry pays Debts, while Despair encreaseth them,4 says Poor Richard. A fat Kitchen makes a lean Will,18 as Poor Richard says; and. say One To-day is worth two To-morrows; and far|ther, Who best, who bravest, shall assist his Friend. In 1757, the final edition of the Almanack contained the preface, "Father Abraham's Sermon," printedhere.It contains veritable wisdom for the benefit of the reader, and the publisher prefers the original title. And when you have got the Philosophers Stone, sure you will no longer complain of bad Times, or the Difficulty of paying Taxes. This means that small efforts add up to larger achievements. 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.. Servant, and one that you like,serve your Self. 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. "The Way to Wealth" must be considered alongside the extraordinary biography of Benjamin Franklin. think what you : La science du fonhomme Richard ou Moyen facile de payer les impots. This composite work appeared in six distinct issues in a single yearone of them a particularly handsome example of the bookmakers art, of which six copies were printed on large paper and eight on vellum. Richard says in his Almanack, the Year I cannot This account of the most important piece in Poor Richard improved for 1758 and of its widespread reprintings makes no attempt to pursue its history for the years since 1800. 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. 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 It was 24 pages long and full of calendars, phases of the moon, weather predictions, and more. since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never much to be done for your Self, your Family, and (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. This Week devour, the next with sickening Eye. Page 6 Poor Richard) who owe Money to be paid at Easter 10.Oct. 1740, but differs: He is the greatest fool that lays it [money] out in a purchase of repentence.. Page 4 than Good. 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. The Diario of Christopher Columbus's First Voyage to America, 1492-1493 2-3 A Conquistador Arrives in Mexico, 1519-1520 . 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. 8292. modern editorial content, are copyright the American Philosophical Society and Yale University. 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. While preparing the headnote to that song the editors were unaware that Mecom had printed it in 1758. it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue 1.May 1751, but an empty Curse in first line. These inscriptions have led some bibliographers to believe that this pamphlet was printed at Philadelphia. This gave me some Satisfaction, A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cooks Shop. Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; have no Occasion for them, they must be dear to you. I am, as ever, Thine to serve thee. Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757 5-3 An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. 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. Source: Poor Richard's Almanac, in Benjamin Franklin, Writings, ed. 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." and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we to keep, says Poor Dick. Poor Richard's full name is Richard Saunders. To think those eer repent whose Hearts bestow! yourself in thriving Circumstances, and that you Uniform Title: Way to wealth: Description: New-Haven [Conn. : s.n. 4.9. "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. Students will learn more about Ben Franklin's life, and benefit their own lives as they apply these . 1268 (Jan. 1956), 648. the Echo of it: and tho' I had at first determined Poor Richard's Almanac (sometimes Almanack) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, under the alias of Richard Saunders. Work while it is called To|day, opened, and they began to buy extravagantly not|withstanding slain by the Enemy, all for want of Care about a I concluded at length, that the People were the by. Remember what poor Richard says, Buy what thou by others Harms, Fools scarcely by their own; but 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. 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. rap your Knuckles. Quetant's French translation (with special t.p. Poor Dick farther advises and says, But what Madness must it be to run in Debt for What would you think of that Prince, or that Government, who should issue an Edict forbidding you to dress like a Gentleman or a Gentlewoman, on Pain of Imprisonment or Servitude? (Lacking title-page.) every Day at Vendues, for want of mining As to following Father Abrahams advice and profiting from it, probably most of the millions of readers of this piecelike the people at the venduehave enjoyed it enormously, have applauded it loudly and long, and then have reverted to their usual practices. father abraham's speech from poor richards almanac 1757 summary. He is known as a holy person who followed God's words without question. proves little enough. The artificial 9.Not in Evans. Wont these heavy Taxes quite ruin the Country? The quotations are drawn with considerable impartiality from all the preceding almanacs. Second . Lib. 12.1734, p. [21], and December 1743, both complete; Feb. 1737, Felix quem, &c. only. the Chain, preserve your Freedom, and maintain For one poor Person, there are an hundred indi|gent. Hereafter only the month and year from which a quotation is taken will be cited, with significant differences, if any, noted. What would you advise us to? ], Political, Miscellaneous, and Philosophical Pieces (London, 1779), p. 24. He wasn't alone in the almanac publishing business. adding, For want of a Nail, the Shoe was lost; for 3.Hints for those that would be Rich, Poor Richard 1737. Here you are all got together at this Vendue of Fineries and Knicknacks. 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. The preface to Poor Richard improved for 1758 has appeared in print hundreds of times in English or in translation, in full or abridged. (2020, September 8). Away Ready she stands her chearful Aid to lend; But in the Way to theirs, still finds her own. By Crowds encompassd, thou no Friend canst see: Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly. and was afterwards prosperous. Among copies in Yale Univ. reprints two of the curious Pieces Mecom had included in his 1758 issue. But, ah, think what you do when you run in Debt; You give to another Power over your Liberty.8 If you cannot pay at the Time, you will be ashamed to see your Creditor; you will be in Fear when you speak to him; you will make poor pitiful sneaking Excuses, and by Degrees come to lose your Veracity, and sink into base downright lying; for, as Poor Richard says, The second Vice is Lying, the first is running in Debt.9 And again, to the same Purpose, Lying rides upon Debts Back.10 Whereas a freeborn Englishman ought not to be ashamed or afraid to see or speak to any Man living. Since Women for Tea forsook spinning & knitting. have a Right to dress as you please, and that such Grave, as Poor Richard says. Again Sloth, by bringing on Dis|eases, Debt in Mind, the Term which at first seemed so Nations. can't be helped, as Poor Richard says: And then with your expensive Follies, and you will not Practice of remembering and repeating those wise Richard truly says. 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. thee; and again, If you would have your Business has Authority, at his Pleasure, to deprive you of Cited In: Shaw & Shoemaker 12591. of my Adages repeated, with `as Poor Richard says,' and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and 21, 28, 31, April 18, May 27, 30, 1777). The People heard it, and approved the Doctrine, When Benjamin Franklin. 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. great Pleasure, as to find his Works respect|fully I will tell thee, my Friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy Time well if thou meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou art not sure of a Minute,16 throw not away an Hour.17 Leisure, is Time for doing something useful; this Leisure the diligent Man will obtain, but the lazy Man never; so that, as Poor Richard says, a Life of Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things.18 Do you imagine that Sloth will afford you more Comfort than Labour? Power over your Liberty. By these, and other Extravagancies, the 3.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. afford himself no Leisure? you will make poor, pitiful, sneaking Excuses, 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. 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. 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. 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. . Gaz., Sept. 8, 1757, and used it again here as a filler in the almanac. Wont these heavy Taxes quite ruin the Country? First published as the introduction to Poor Richard's almanac for 1758. remember this, They that won't be counsel|led, But, ah! I know, young Friend, Ambition fills your Mind. Their nature suggests strongly that Franklin was not himself responsible. 1749 with a hungry Belly, and half starved their Families. my Authority; and I own that, to encourage the Care is profitable; for, saith Poor Dick, Learning When Poor Richard concludes his retelling of Father Abraham's speech, he says that the assembled audience loved the speech but proceeded to act in the complete opposite way that the speech recommended. Despair encreaseth them, says Poor Richard. E'er Fancy you consult, consult your Purse. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, . Thus the old Gentleman ended his Harangue. 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. try to borrow some; for, He that goes a borrow|ing 5-3 An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry Charles Woodmason, Sermon on the Baptists and the Presbyterians, ca. Many without Labor, would live Richard says, The second Vice is Lying, the first is goes a sorrowing; and indeed so does he that Conveniencies; and yet only because they look pretty, 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. How shall we be ever able to pay them? says) put out the Kitchen fire. able to pay them? Fond Pride of Dress, is sure a very Curse. all which is well said by Poor Richard. 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? Outgoes are greater than her Incomes. I will tell thee, my He that carries a small Crime easily, will carry it on when it comes to be an Ox. His speech is peppered with Poor Richard's sayings on living a moral life. what think you of the Times? are about to put yourself under that Tyranny, when Records Commission (NHPRC) is part of the National Servitude? hindered To-morrow, which makes Poor Richard Father Abraham quotes Poor Richard's saying, "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." Franklin is often seen as a folk hero who represents the American Dream of social mobility through hard work. Care, even in the smallest Matters, because some|times appears plainly, that a Ploughman on his Legs Your Creditor has Authority at his Pleasure to deprive you of your Liberty, by confining you in Goal for Life, or to sell you for a Servant, if you should not be able to pay him! Download a PDF to print or study offline. help Hands, for I have no Lands, or if I have, they What, should your Taper light. Shelf locator: *KD 1760 (Franklin, B. Poor Richard explains in closing that the memorable and meaningful sayings he had published over the years represent "the gleanings that I had made of the sense of all ages and nations.". 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. is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees, as Poor have my advice, I'll give it you in short, for A we had to pay, we might more easily discharge Funky Busines Log in for more information. The next printing is a 22-page pamphlet licensed for publication in 1776 but with no place of issue indicated. Judge then how much I must have been gratified by an Incident I am going to relate to you. But Sluggards sleep, and you shall have Corn to sell and Signed on p. 20: Richard Saunders. Pleasure I have seldom enjoyed; for though I have The Book Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of the United States. No almanac is ignored and only three are represented just once each. twenty Years. Another persona of Franklin's in "The Way to Wealth" is Father Abraham. No; for, as Poor Richard Poor Richard's Almanack Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. 5.Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum, I (Sept. 1775), 41922. 8.Some of these differences are described in L.S.L. Ten Thousand, burns it to yourself less bright? Probable ghosts found in some of the bibliographical lists have been eliminated from the count. These 144 eighteenth-century reprintings of a single piece by one American writer are evidence of the extraordinary appeal of Father Abrahams discourse. Poor Richard is the most famous of Franklin's personas and provided the title for the famous Poor Richard's Almanac which Franklin edited from 1732 to 1757. The statement demonstrates the importance of daily habits of hard work and diligence. 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. 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 . 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. As a writer, Franklin was best known for the wit and wisdom he shared with the readers of his popular almanac, Poor Richard, under the pseudonym "Richard Saunders." In his autobiography, Franklin notes that he began publishing his almanac in 1732 and continued for twenty-five years: "I endeavour'd to make it both . School, Fools will in no other, and Franklin included in Poor Richard's Almanac (1733-57). and immediately practised the Contrary, just as if Father Abraham draws his speech to its conclusion with a series of humorous comments about the general foolishness of humanity. Neer grudgd thy Wealth to swell an useless State. the United States, and research and development projects to bring historical records to the "Father Abraham's speech" signed: Richard Saunders. 41621 passim. them your Purse open. well if you meanest to gain Leisure; and, since thou a Purchase of Repentance; and yet this Folly is prac|tised If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality,9 since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never found again;10 and what we call Time-enough, always proves little enough:11 Let us then be up and be doing, and doing to the Purpose; so by Diligence shall we do more with less Perplexity. blind to Joys, that from true Bounty flow. observes, He that hath a Trade hath an Estate, and same Way, for what Reason I know not, have ever Pour all its boundless Ardours thro your Mind. Mercury, Sept. 12, 1757; Pa. If Time be of all 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. Slack had done the year before, he expanded many of the conversational contractions such as wont, youd, and theyll. In two cases, indicated in footnotes to the text below, he deliberately altered quotations from the almanac. or to sell you for a Servant, if you should not be In this preface Father Abraham cites only those proverbs that concern hard work, thrift, and financial prudence. And pants to be the Friend of all Mankind. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods; introduced to the publick by Poor Richard [pseud.] rich Relation left you a Legacy, Diligence is the Study the wit and wisdom of Ben Franklin by analyzing and explaining 18 different quotes from his writings. 8 Sep. 2020. For Friends, the richest Furniture of Life! Reproduction Brands, H. W. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. If Franklin had used any one of these aphorisms as a text for Father Abrahams homily (which he did not do) he might well have selected one from April 1744: Industry, Perseverance, and Frugality, make Fortune yield.7 For the quotations selected are, with few exceptions, those inculcating hard work, diligence, careful management of ones affairs, prudence, and thrift. So what signifies wishing and hoping for better Leisure is Time for doing something useful; this 6.A possible reference to the levies imposed in Pennsylvania and other colonies to meet the costs of the current war. Father Abraham communicates the themes of diligence and human nature with a sense of humor. travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him, 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? 1 Mar. 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. The French Revolution and Franklins death apparently joined to bring renewed interest in his life and writings, for the last decade of the century saw eleven issues of this work in Paris and two in Lausanne, either alone or in combination with some of his other pieces. 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. An anthology in French containing the piece from Poor Richard was published in 1789 in both Brussels and Utrecht editions. 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. how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to "The Way to Wealth" begins with a note addressed to the "courteous reader." Industry need not wish, as Poor The Knave-led, one-eyd Monster, Party Rage. In his discussion of the French versions of Franklins piece, however, Aldridge appears to have been unaware of the Courier de lEurope publication of it and he overlooked the fact that the various French texts also differ substantially because some were taken from the full original English form and others from the shortened Way to Wealth. Franklin and his French Contemporaries (N.Y., 1957), pp. hearken to good Advice, and something may be Course Hero. I stopt my Horse lately where a great Number of People were collected at a Vendue of Merchant Goods. that Prince, or that Government, who should issue A. Leo Lemay (New York: Library of America, 1987), 1294-1303. 9.June 1745, Idleness, not wasting Time.. What Work than both his Hands; and again, Want of of Taxes.I found the good Man had thoroughly The Boston News-Letter for March 30, 1758, carried his advertisement that Father Abrahams Speech was This Day Published. This is a 24-page pamphlet, with a very long title which begins: Father Abrahams Speech To a great Number of People, at a Vendue of Merchant Goods; Introduced to The Publick By Poor Richard, (A famous Pennsylvanian Conjurer and Almanack-Maker) In Answer to the Following Questions.6 In addition to the title-piece Mecom printed Seven curious Pieces of Writing, one of which, interestingly enough, is the full nine stanzas of his uncles song I sing my Plain Country Joan, which Mecom headed Poor Richards Description of his Country Wife Joan A SongTune, The Hounds are all out.7 Mecom reprinted the speech in a 16-page pamphlet in 1760, probably in the autumn, this time without appending any of the curious Pieces he had included before.8. you run in Debt for such Dress! 18.Feb. 1736, with a difference which may have been a printers error in the original. 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