or the Difficulty of paying Taxes. Fond Pride of Dress, is sure a very Curse; Eer Fancy you consult, consult your Purse.1. Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? How much more than is necessary do we spend in One of his early publications was a satirical piece he wrote for his brother's newspaper at the age of 16. Franklin must also be classed as the first American humorist. is spent in idle Employments or Amusements, that The sayings reveal people's tendency to avoid diligence, discipline, and frugality and instead seek vice, comfort, and luxury. by. Judge then how much I must have been grati|fied Now sudden swell, and now contract their Sail; Silence in not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. have a Sheep and a Cow, every Body bids me Good-Morrow; Dates / Origin Date Issued: 1760 (Inferred) have a Right to dress as you please, and that such Ben Franklin had many pithy sayings and quotes in his publication entitled Poor Richard's Almanac. able to pay him! be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality, Benjamin Franklin circulated the annual Poor Richard's Almanack with great success in prerevolutionary Philadelphia. In his own lifetime its homely wisdom contributed heavily to his personal popularity, especially in France during the American Revolution; in more recent years it has been responsible for elevating him to the status of patron saint of American savings banks and for the agreement to make National Thrift Week coincide with the week in January which includes his birthday. Richard says. 1768 5-4 Advertisements for Runaway Slaves South Carolina Gazette and Virginia Gazette, 1737-1745 appears plainly, that a Ploughman on his Legs And yet you are about to put yourself under that Tyranny when you run in Debt for such Dress! the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. Thus far the various reprintings, both in England and the colonies, followed exactly, or virtually so, the full text as contained in Poor Richard improved for 1758. how to save as he gets, keep his Nose all his Life to Poor Richard's full name is Richard Saunders. 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. and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and 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. The preface to Poor Richard improved for 1758 has appeared in print hundreds of times in English or in translation, in full or abridged. 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. It has a title page in English: The Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved by Benj. them your Purse open. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, at a vendue of merchant-goods; introduced to the publick by Poor Richard [pseud.] I Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? though you have found no Treasure, nor has any Would you not say that you are free, - English Short Title Catalog, W17388. Trusting too much to others Poor Richard's Almanack became Franklin's most profitable business venture, second only to the Pennsylvania Gazette. Healthy daily life habits help people use their time wisely and in turn achieve financial success. 'Tis true, their is much to be done, Gaz., Sept. 8, 1757, and used it again here as a filler in the almanac. Father Abraham states, "We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly." Course Hero. You call them Goods, but if you do not take Care, they will prove Evils to some of you. How shall we be ever able to pay them? New York: Doubleday, 2000. orientation level 1 lesson 7 . Perhaps the most noteworthy anthology appearance is in a collection derived in part from Lord Chesterfields Letters to His Son, entitled Lord Chesterfields Advice to his Son on Men and Manners, 5th edit. Time will seem to have added Wings to his Heels as well as Shoulders. 7.[Benjamin Vaughan, ed. J. From meaner Motives, not for Virtues End. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard's Almanackduring its first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech given by "Father Abraham" to a group of people. 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. Date of publication supplied by Johnson. Father Abraham speaks from the assumption that human nature is not naturally inclined toward moral behavior. 20.Oct. 1743, but of saving, more than of getting.. With them to Glorys radiant Summit strain. "It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part of their time, to be employed in its service. And ride securely, tho the Billows heave; So shall you shun the giddy Heros Fate. Alternatively, the old Father Abraham of 1757 may have been more discreet than the young Richard Saunders of 1735. Hence just Ambition boundless Splendors crown. Here you are all got together at this Vendue of do it Father Abraham stood up and reply'd, If you'd 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. 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. Remember what Poor Richard says, Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.7 And again, At a great Pennyworth pause a while:8 He means, that perhaps the Cheapness is apparent only, and not real; or the Bargain, by straitning thee in thy Business, may do thee more Harm than Good. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. Those have a short Lent (saith known, I have frequently heard one or other She bids you first, in Lifes soft vernal Hours. The first English reprintingpublished only a day or two after Mecoms 1758 Boston issuewas in London in The Grand Magazine of Universal Intelligence for March 1758.2 It carried the heading Curious preliminary Address prefixed to the Pennsylvania Almanac, entitled Poor Richard improved: For the Year 1758. Men often mistake themselves, seldom forget themselves. The statement demonstrates the importance of daily habits of hard work and diligence. Funky Busines God helps them that help themselves, The Way to Wealth eventually became the most widely reprinted of all Franklin's works, including the Autobiography. This an Edict forbidding you to dress like a Gentleman 10.Oct. 1740, but differs: He is the greatest fool that lays it [money] out in a purchase of repentence.. Reader, if Father Abraham begins his speech with a series of Poor Richard's sayings, and the narrator is delighted at being quoted. you are aware, and the Demand is made before you Benjamin Franklin's classic book is full of timeless, thought-provoking insights that are as valuable today as they were over two centuries ago. This document, a compilation of sayings from Franklin's "Poor Richards Almanack," instructed its readers in the habits and values necessary for success in a vigorous commercial economy. 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? it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue to wear my old One a little longer. And again, At a great Pennyworth pause 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. Rob not God, nor the Poor, lest thou ruin thyself; the Eagle snatcht a Coal from the Altar, but it fired her Nest. Work while it is called To-day, for you know not how much you may be hindered To-morrow, which makes Poor Richard say, One To-day is worth two Tomorrows;8 and farther, Have you somewhat to do To-morrow, do it To-day.9 If you were a Servant, would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are her Compatriots all, by her belovd. He would not have been able to accomplish many of these things without the wealth that he earned. Practice of remembering and repeating those wise Then all her Good explore; Explord, pursue with each unbiassd Power. About Poor Richard's Almanac. Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate. Since Women for Tea forsook spinning & knitting. since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never Father Abraham's namesake is Abraham, a figure who is revered in the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic religions. "Father Abraham's speech" signed: Richard Saunders. Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1758: By Richard Saunders, Philom. Hence Conscience, void of Blame, her Front erects. By the 1740s, the almanac was being sold in the colonies from New England to the Carolinas and was generating about a third of Franklin's income. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her 8292. 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? When Benjamin Franklin. public. (Lacking title-page.) hearken to good Advice, and something may be Richard says, and he that lives upon Hope will die sure you will no longer complain of bad Times, Franklin used the persona of Poor Richard to express sayings that reflected a down-to-earth point of view about life without claiming these ideas as if he were signing them with his own name. They joined 1748 Took David Hall as partner and Franklin retiredfrom the daily operations of his printing business. Or if you bear your Debt in Mind, the Term which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extreamly short. 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. There are, who with fond Favours fickle Gale. therefore ask that Blessing humbly, and be not un|charitable Father Abraham warns against laziness and encourages people to exert effort and make sacrifices in the service of their financial goals. Lying rides upon Debt's Back. Franklin, followed by a brief preface and the text of the piece in English; then a French title page: La Science du Bonhomme Richard, ou moyen facile de payer les impts. 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. your Country, be up by Peep of Day: Let not Honor; but then the Trade must be worked at, 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. poor Richard says, 'Tis foolish to lay out Money in ], 1804 16 p. Notes "Father Abraham's speech" signed: Richard Saunders. Men are ungrateful. Be they so that dare! Dropping wears away Stones, and by Dili|gence 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! 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. Citation/reference: Evans 8131 Date: Signed and dated: Richard Saunders. father abraham's speech from poor richard's almanac 1757 . 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. Although most of the proverbs and maxims it contains may already have been familiar in one form or another in several languages, Franklins method of bringing them together into a single related series gave them added force and impact and created what is undoubtedly the worlds best-known homily on industry, financial prudence, and thrift. He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 a year, which is the Price of using 100. Leisure is Time for doing something useful; this often deprives a Man of all Spirit and Virtue. Are you then your own Master? 12) Poor Richard improved: Being an Almanack and Ephemeris for the Year1758. straitning thee in thy Business, may do thee more Harm His speech is peppered with Poor Richard's sayings on living a moral life. Poor Dick farther advises, and says. Page 14 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. Man, with white Locks, Pray, Father Abraham, found again: and what we call Time enough, always 5-2 Poor Richard's Advice Benjamin Franklin, Father Abraham's Speech from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757. Poor Richard'S Almanac [Anonymous] on Amazon.com. we are industrious we shall never starve; for, as Poor Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and Virtue - October 2004 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. 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. 8593. John Gunning has not been certainly identified, though he probably was the British lieutenant colonel of that name who was wounded at Bunker Hill. Father Abraham's speech in response to this call comprises the chief substance of this extended preface. 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. London. 1, 1770 as the Act directs by Robinson & Roberts in Paternoster Row, and T. Slack in Newcastle. great Gravity. The Knave-led, one-eyd Monster, Party Rage. yourself idle, as poor Dick says. 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. Courteous Reader, The bibliographical history of this famous preface is long and complicated. Benjamin's father, Josiah Franklin, died at age 87. you may, perhaps, think little of Payment; What would you think of discouraged me. a little Neglect may breed great Mischief Written and published by Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack was a best-selling yearly miscellany that ran between 1732 and 1758. to see or speak to any Man living. Enthusiasm spread to the French-speaking parts of Switzerland and editions appeared in Lausanne in 1778 and 1779. settled and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with the Almanack. Ambition jostles with her Friends no more; Nor thirsts Revenge to drink a Brothers Gore; Fiery Remorse no stinging Scorpions rears: Oer trembling Guilt no falling Sword appears. Things the most precious, wasting Time must Reproduction 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. Father Abraham stood up, and replyd, If youd have my Advice, Ill give it you in short, for a Word to the Wise is enough, and many Words wont fill a Bushel, as Poor Richard says.3 They joind in desiring him to speak his Mind, and gathering round him, he proceeded as follows; Friends, says he, and Neighbours, the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. 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