Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth: Five Essential Essays of Benjamin Franklin (***and three extra essays***)
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<b>Benjamin Franklin</b> was a writer, inventor, political theorist, diplomat, and Founding Father of the United States. He wrote under the pen name of Poor Richard from 1732 to 1757.
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Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth - Benjamin Franklin
"Want of care does us more damage
than want of knowledge."
Benjamin Franklin
Table of Contents
Cover
Title page
Foreword
The Way to Wealth
Remarks concerningthe savages of north america
We are spirits
The art of procuring pleasant dreams
Advice to a young tradesman
Necessary hints to those that would be rich
The way to make money plenty in every man’s pocket
On luxury, idleness, and industry
Sources & bibliography
Copyright
Landmarks
Cover
Title Page
Epigraph
Table of Contents
Foreword
Bibliography
Copyright Page
Foreword
It is difficult to define such a genius as Benjamin Franklin, whose talent and work encompass various fields of knowledge, and whose precious, atemporal, pragmatic worldview was ahead of his time. Born in Boston on January 17, 1706, he was an American abolitionist, journalist, editor, writer, philanthropist, civil servant, scientist, diplomat, and inventor. As a politician, he is acknowledged as one of the leaders of the American Revolution. He read extensively about cultures throughout the world, held Plutarch’s Parallel Lives in high regard as one of his main references, wrote beautiful articles and essays, and became known worldwide for his experiments with electricity – which led him to be elected a member of the prestigious Royal Society. Following such virtues, Franklin earned the title of First American, as he was the first of them to be admired and respected by the Old World in its traditional, biased opinion of the peoples who colonized the New World.
He was the youngest of 17 children born to his father, Josiah Franklin – a tallow chandler and intransigent Calvinist –, in his two marriages. Benjamin ended his schooling at 10 years old and, at 12, he started working as an apprentice to his brother, James – a printer who published the newspaper New England Courant. He soon had his own articles published there and came to be its editor.
The readers greatly appreciated Franklin’s articles, who soon, perhaps motivated by conceit, had disagreements with his brother James. Because of the strife, Benjamin Franklin decided to leave for New York and later became a printer in Philadelphia (1723). After troublesome professional years, Franklin managed to set up a printing house, where he began publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette. He became famous for his writings published in this newspaper, which communicated aspects of his respectful, industrious, punctual, laborious, and frugal profile in simple, non-scholarly, straightforward words, employing maxims to translate his ideas. In some cases, he successfully and skillfully penned down sequences of aphorisms, significantly impacting his readers with the ethics put forth in the values present in his writings – as we can witness in The Way to Wealth.
The Way to Wealth featured in his famous Poor Richard’s Almanac, first published in 1732 – through which he immortalized maxims in the heart of the North American people, including among others the memorable a penny saved is a penny earned
.
Alongside The Way to Wealth, we considered another four of Benjamin Franklin’s essays, selected for their outstanding philosophy, humor, and argumentative eloquence.
In Remarks concerning the Savages of North America, Franklin teaches us about the existing equality between all human beings. In We are Spirits, he shares with us his view on death in a letter dedicated to a grieving woman. In The Art of Procuring Pleasant Dreams, he wittily teaches about an essential topic to health: some good sleep! Lastly, as if closing a circle, we bring Advice to a Young Tradesman, where he likewise shares his ideas in the form of