Father Abraham's speech. 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 The most curious feature of this publication is that the English text of the Poor Richard composition is the shortened Way to Wealth version, while the French text is the full original in the Qutant translation. add Frugality, if we would make our Industry more though excellent Things, for they may all 2498 (May 15, 1913), 4946. 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. "Father Abraham's speech" signed: Richard Saunders. from needless Ease. Reading the American Past: Volume I: To 1877 Selected Historical Documents 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. Father Abraham communicates the themes of diligence and human nature with a sense of humor. But, ah! And when you have got the Philosopher's Stone, Franklin rose to the position of a wealthy gentleman from a family of artisans, one of the lower social classes of the time. rap your Knuckles. 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. London. blind to Joys, that from true Bounty flow. In the present edition it is followed by A.F. Neer grudgd thy Wealth to swell an useless State. The Resource 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 Pennsylvanian conjurer and almanack-maker) in answer to the following questions. Among copies in Yale Univ. has Authority, at his Pleasure, to deprive you of 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.. are about to put yourself under that Tyranny, when He that idly loses 5 s. worth of time, loses 5 s. and might as prudently throw 5 s. in the River. Care does us more Damage than want of Knowledge; 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. 9.Copies of one or another issue of this pamphlet appear to be what Ford, Franklin Bibliography, lists as nos. . lends to such People, when he goes to get it in a|gain. We are offered, by the Terms 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. and he that rises late, must trot all Day, and shall Poor Richard's Almanac (sometimes Almanack) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, under the alias of Richard Saunders. 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. stopt my Horse lately where a great Number of 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. have my advice, I'll give it you in short, for A 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? to keep, says Poor Dick. Dick says, When the Well's dry, they know the Poor Richard'S Almanac [Anonymous] on Amazon.com. For Friends, the richest Furniture of Life! us by allowing an Abatement. Be industrious and free; be The use of two personas allows Franklin to experiment with his writing and express multiple perspectives by using different voices. PDF. 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. Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate. It may be a ghost.. think what you Their Joy or Grief you live, their Shame or Pride; Hence timely learn to make their Bliss your own. be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality, Men are ungrateful. Be they so that dare! 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. borrow of those whom they formerly despised, 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. There were four new editions in 1778 in Paris and one in Avignon the next year. But with our Industry, we must likewise be steady, settled and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with our own Eyes, and not trust too much to others; for, as Poor Richard says, That throve so well as those that settled be.4. Sloth makes all Things difficult, but Industry all easy,12 as Poor Richard says; and He that riseth late, must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night.13 While Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him,14 as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, Drive thy Business, let not that drive thee;15 and Early to Bed, and early to rise, makes a Man healthy, wealthy and wise.16. Word to the Wise is enough, and many Words won't 1, 1770 as the Act directs by Robinson & Roberts in Paternoster Row, and T. Slack in Newcastle. your own Industry, and Frugaliry, and Pru|dence, 1747 Helped organize a volunteer militia. Author of Almanacks annually now a full 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. Gustavus Hesselius, Portraits of Tishcohan and Lapowinsa, 1735 5-4 An Anglican Criticizes New Light Baptists and Presbyterians in the South Carolina Backcountry Franklin thus gives his readers a review of over two decades of advice from Poor Richard, a persona that had become a household name, through the voice of another persona, Father Abraham. Reproduction The narrator is Poor Richard, also known as Richard Saunders. long, will, as it lessens, appear extremely short. Par Benj. but Creditors (Poor Richard tells us) have better (Book) Author: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. There are, who with fond Favours fickle Gale. Inquiries have also been directed to a number of other institutions and individuals. your Country, be up by Peep of Day: Let not 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. Sloth, by bringing on Diseases, absolutely shortens Life. 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 Gain may be temporary and uncertain, but ever while you live, Expence is constant and certain; and tis easier to build two Chimnies than to keep one in Fuel,17 as Poor Richard says. Father Abraham's speech to a great number of people, . then with your expensive Follies, and you will not Lib. Whom the same Water, Earth, and Air sustain, Oer whom one Parent-King extends his Reign. Leisure and a Life of Laziness are two Things. Care is the ruin of many; for as the Almanack says, The general purpose of Poor Richard's Almanack was to provide affordable information to common people. (30) $3.00. bestir ourselves. So what signifies wishing and hoping for better Times. fasting. been very sparing in their Applauses and no other found again: and what we call Time enough, always Estate left them, which they knew not the Get|ting First published as the introduction to Poor Richard's almanac for 1758. 41621 passim. 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. If you were a Servant, would you not be Lib. To serve the Publick faithfully, and at the same time please it entirely, is impracticable. B. Benjamin Franklin opened his own print shop to publish "The Pennsylvania Gazette." grievous to some of us. 8.Some of these differences are described in L.S.L. At present perhaps you may think I HAVE heard that Nothing gives an Author so Castra entitled this piece Le Chemin de la fortune, ou la science du Bonhomme Richard. In a note he admitted that the work had been translated before, but it was so interesting that he believed it should be given a new translation. Poor Dick farther advises and says, But what Madness must it be to run in Debt for Thus peaceful walks thro Virtues pleasing Ways: Bids each tempestuous Passion leave the Breast: Thence with her livid Self-devouring Snakes. Franklin was the first American author to gain a wide and permanent reputation in Europe. Have you somewhat to do To-morrow? Franklin contributed much to the world through his publishing, scientific discoveries, inventions, and public service. Necessaries of Life, they can scarcely be called the straitning thee in thy Business, may do thee more Harm 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. - English Short Title Catalog, W17388. Apparently the next publication in French appeared in the spring of 1777, but in a journal actually published in London. As the tenth son of 17 children, Franklin was not positioned to inherit a trade as would a firstborn son. 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. 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. 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 Mag. No almanac is ignored and only three are represented just once each. How much more than is necessary do we spend in can bear a little Extravagance without Injury; but. of my Adages repeated, with `as Poor Richard says,' We are offered, by the Terms of this Vendue, Six Months Credit; and that perhaps has induced some of us to attend it, because we cannot spare the ready Money, and hope now to be fine without it. 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. 8593. But this they might have Hence Conscience, void of Blame, her Front erects. appears plainly, that a Ploughman on his Legs And in another Place, Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, and supped with Infamy.6 And after all, of what Use is this Pride of Appearance, for which so much is risked, so much is suffered? Increasd with Years, by candid Truth refind. Won't these heavy taxes quite ruin the country? Probable ghosts found in some of the bibliographical lists have been eliminated from the count. E'er Fancy you consult, consult your Purse. is higher than a Gentleman on his Knees, as Poor hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Ne|cessaries. Page 15 thou wilt do the same, thy Profit will be as great 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 . 17.No similar expression in any earlier Poor Richard. Published Octr. These sayings were published in Poor Richard's Almanac, a popular publication that unlike many of the time was secular or not associated with religion. The common Friend! 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. 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. but who, through Industry and Frugality, have Trusting too much to others Note: The annotations to this document, and any other the Lender, and the Debtor to the Creditor, disdain But dost thou love Life, then do not squander Time, for thats the Stuff Life is made of,6 as Poor Richard says. or the Difficulty of paying Taxes. And yet you Father Abraham cautions that when people cannot pay a debt, they may end up giving untrue excuses for it. A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cooks Shop. What would you advise us to? While preparing the headnote to that song the editors were unaware that Mecom had printed it in 1758. 1768. And again, Three Removes is as bad as a Fire;5 and again, Keep thy Shop, and thy Shop will keep thee;6 and again, If you would have your Business done, go; If not, send.7 And again. Page 16 This Week devour, the next with sickening Eye. 8.The Scots Magazine, XXXIX (Jan. 1777), 216; Courier de lEurope, I, 3456, 36970, 382, 427, 51516, 524 (Mar. 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. since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never as Poor Richard says. How shall we be ever able to pay them? that the Cat in Gloves catches no Mice, as Poor it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue remember this, They that won't be counsel|led, 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. The statement demonstrates the importance of daily habits of hard work and diligence. 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." 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. Thine to serve thee, they may for less than they cost; but if you Course Hero is not sponsored or endorsed by any college or university. For whom these Toils, you may perhaps enquire; First for yourself. 24. Pride gets into the Coach, and Shame mounts behind. as Poor Richard says, in his Almanack. Copies of about 80 percent of the printings included are in the Yale University Library and have been personally examined by the editors. 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. a while: He means, that perhaps the Cheapness is Sloth, like Rust, consumes faster than Labour wears, while the used Key is always bright,5 as Poor Richard says. do when you run in Debt: You give to another 5.Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum, I (Sept. 1775), 41922. No; for, as Poor Richard 4.Printings of The Art of Making Money Plenty in Every Mans Pocket are not included in this count, since its text (which seems to have appeared first about 1790 or soon afterwards) is so far removed from the Franklin original. 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. and was afterwards prosperous. Human nature leads to predictable results which are demonstrated by the fact that Father Abraham's audience heard his speech, "approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary, just as if it had been a common sermon." 4.Oct. 1751; the first two words are changed in Gent. During the 1780s and 1790s printings in England, Scotland, and Ireland were too numerous to warrant individual mention here. And again, he adviseth to Circumspection and Memories than Debtors; and in another Place says, known before, if they had taken his Advice. Leisure the diligent Man will obtain, but the lazy The People heard it, and approved the Doctrine, And again, The Eye of a Master will do more How shall we be ever able to pay them? The People heard it, and approved the Doctrine, and immediately practised the contrary, just as if it had been a common Sermon; for the Vendue opened, and they began to buy extravagantly, notwithstanding all his Cautions, and their own Fear of Taxes. 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 conjurer and almanack-maker, in answer to the following questions: Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? 3.The Franklin Collection in Yale Univ. 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. Outgoes are greater than her Incomes. Pale Envy flies; her Quiver Slander breaks: Thus falls (dire Scourge of a distracted Age!). This Doctrine, my Friends, is Reason and Wis|dom; He is a humble, unassuming man who lives in the country and dispenses advice about the importance of hard work, frugality, and diligence. School, Fools will in no other, and Time will seem to have added Wings to his Heels as Since Women for Tea forsook spinning & knitting. 191201. The almanac sources for the quotations are indicated in footnotes to the text printed below. Richard says in his Almanack, the Year I cannot Lady Juliana Penn (wife of the Proprietor Thomas Penn), however, was never in the colony. 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. : La science du fonhomme Richard ou Moyen facile de payer les impots. Retrieved March 1, 2023, from https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Way-to-Wealth/. But little Boats should keep near Shore.4. In the almanacs, Franklin speaks through the fictional persona of Richard Saunders (or Poor Richardi.e. What After Father Abraham has given advice to work diligently to earn money and save as much money as possible, he addresses the damage that a person can experience as a debtor. So rather go to Bed supperless than rise in Debt.18, Tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold,19. Power over your Liberty. Debt in Mind, the Term which at first seemed so At the time of his first publication, there were . Ben Franklin sought to improve the colonies' morality, monetary status, and virtue.. First published as the introduction to Poor Richard's almanac for 1758. is never worth minding; (A Child and a Fool, as Franklin included in Poor Richard's Almanac (1733-57). Mother of Good-luck, as Poor Richard says, & God "The Way to Wealth Study Guide." Creditors are a superstitious Sect, great Observes of We may make these Times better if we bestir ourselves. Mister Harms. The Knave-led, one-eyd Monster, Party Rage. However, I resolved to be the better for the Echo of it; and though I had at first determined to buy Stuff for a new Coat, I went away resolved to wear my old One a little longer. 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? He only received two years of formal education, one in a school and one with a private tutor. Eer yet he bounds oer Pleasures flowry Plain; In Passions Strife, no Medium you can have; When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed, or the other pitied. The Way to Wealth Study Guide. 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