Your Creditor think of saving, as well as of getting: Eighteenth-century translations include 28 into French (including one each printed in London, Brussels, and Utrecht and four in Lausanne), 11 into Italian, 3 into German, and one each into Dutch, Gaelic, and Swedish. Methinks I hear some of you say, Must a Man Since Women for Tea forsook spinning & knitting. Are you then your own Master? Mag. In it Franklin created a new persona, a plain clean old Man, with white Locks, called Father Abraham. In Course Hero. First published as the introduction to Poor Richard's almanac for 1758. a while: He means, that perhaps the Cheapness is to keep, says Poor Dick. I have heard that nothing gives an Author so great Pleasure, as to find his Works respectfully quoted by other learned Authors. often deprives a Man of all Spirit and Virtue. settled and careful, and oversee our own Affairs with One, for the Sake of Finery on the Back, have gone ], 1804 16 p. Notes "Father Abraham's speech" signed: Richard Saunders. And Men for Punch forsook hewing and spliting. 10.Oct. 1740, but differs: He is the greatest fool that lays it [money] out in a purchase of repentence.. can bear a little Extravagance without Injury; but. 7.Dubourgs and other French translations are discussed below. The way to wealth, signed: Richard Saunders, was first published in Poor Richard's almanac for 1758, and separately issued in 1760 under title: Father Abraham's speech. we cannot spare the ready Money, and hope now Let us then up and be doing, He pokes fun at the established fact that people often have to learn by doing something wrong rather than through listening to wise advice like Poor Richard's sayings. for you know not how much you may be 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. Hence Conscience, void of Blame, her Front erects. Meditation Class; Pranayama Class; Arobics; Zumba; Yoga Rahasya Class; Diet plan; Contacts; new to yoga? In any case, one can recognize the skill with which Franklin wove his maxims together into a connected discourse, and appreciate the fun he had doing it while on his long voyage to England. have a Sheep and a Cow, every Body bids me Good-Morrow; Poor Richard narrates a brief paragraph at the end of "The Way to Wealth." be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality, 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. Perhaps they have had a small Jacques Barbeu Dubourg made the first translation and included it in his 1773 French edition of Franklins works.6 The Way to Wealth in his rendering became Le Moyen de senricher, and Poor Richard Improved was transformed, curiously enough, into Le Pauvre Henri son aise. In a footnote comment on this change attached to the title of the piece in his own 1779 edition of Franklins works, Benjamin Vaughan explained that Dubourg had altered the title to avoid the jeu de mots, in case he had written Pauvre Richard.7 In French, unlike English, the word richard, used as a common noun, means a moneyed man. Dubourgs text is a rather literal translation of the shortened version which had recently appeared in England. Father Abraham draws his speech to its conclusion with a series of humorous comments about the general foolishness of humanity. 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. 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. Page 11 The matter will be discussed at the appropriate point in a later volume. and The Way to Wealth to Vessels large., 11.Jan. 1740: An empty Bag cannot stand upright; May 1750: Tis hard (but glorious) to be poor and honest; An empty Sack can hardly stand upright; but if it does, tis a stout one!, 14.March 1738: He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter., 15.Oct. 1757, but the Security to both, instead of and the Debtor to the Creditor., 17.Feb. 1757, but maintain instead of keep., 18.May 1739: than run in debt for a Breakfast; see also Dec. 1757: Sleep without Supping, and youll rise without owing for it., 20.Dec. 1743, but omitting and scarce in that., 3.June 1744: Hear Reason, or shell make you feel her; March 1753: When Reason preaches, if you wont hear her shell box your Ears.. 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. This gave me some Satisfaction, How much more than is necessary do we spend in Sleep! the Sun look down and say, Inglorious here he lies. This essay analyzes what is likely Benjamin Franklin's best known text, "Father Abraham's Speech" from the last ever edition of Poor Richard's Almanack (1757), and it maps, on the basis of a new bibliography available on the affiliated website waytowealth.org, its global diffusion up to 1850, demonstrating its extraordinary and so far largely to wear my old One a little longer. bestir ourselves. Necessaries of Life, they can scarcely be called the Course Hero. I know, young Friend, Ambition fills your Mind. much to be done for your Self, your Family, and 2.I, 1237; announced as This Day published in Lond. the Grindstone, and die not worth a Groat at last. 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 Pennsylvania conjurer and almanack-maker, in answer to the following questions : Pray, Father Abraham, what think you of the times? Quetant's French translation (with special t.p. 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. A. Leo Lemay (New York: Library of America, 1987), 1294-1303. And scorn to think or act for Self alone; Happy Tom Crump, neer sees his own Hump. The common Friend! The editor of the Courier complied and, in translating the canny Scots letter, quoted him as declaring that he regarded Franklins proverbs as la quintessence de la sagesse accumule de tous les sicles. Since the version which came from Edinburgh was the full Preliminary Address that had appeared in 1758 in The Grand Magazine and The London Chronicle, the French translation, which was printed in six installments in Courier de lEurope from March 21 through May 30, 1777, was also essentially a translation of what Franklin had originally written, rather than the shortened form Dubourg had used.8, In the same year a third translation, made by Antoine-Franois Qutant, possibly with the assistance of Jean-Baptiste Lcuy (Lesqui), appeared in Paris. 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. It has also served as the source for a number of lesser pieces incorporating its central ideas and preachments or imitating its method, but bearing very little direct relation to its actual words. 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? Written and published by Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack was a best-selling yearly miscellany that ran between 1732 and 1758. Outgoes are greater than her Incomes. best Judges of my Merit; for they buy thy Works; We are offered, by the Terms 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. He thats content, hath enough; He that complains, has too much. 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. Be industrious and free; be 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 copy in Yale Univ. Tis now the Time young Passion to command. Lying rides upon Debt's Back. 17.No similar expression in any earlier Poor Richard. 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. 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. 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. Silks and Sattins, Scarlet and Velvets (as Poor Richard He continued as its editor and publisher until 1757, and the almanac was published until 1796. He is an old man who brings together many of Poor Richard's sayings in a speech that is like a religious sermon in that it offers advice for moral behavior. Franklins presence in France and his great popularity led to almost instant acceptance of La Science du Bonhomme Richard and to its widespread popularity. Men are ungrateful. Be they so that dare! Sluggards sleep, and you shall have Corn to sell and Now sudden swell, and now contract their Sail; Silence in not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a Mark of Folly. When you have got your Bargain, you may, perhaps, think little of Payment; but Creditors, Poor Richard tells us, have better Memories than Debtors;12 and in another Place says, Creditors are a superstitious Sect, great Observers of set Days and Times.13 The Day comes round before you are aware, and the Demand is made before you are prepared to satisfy it. 1768: Advertisements for Runaway Slaves: p. 93 If you would know the Value of Money, go and 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. Whereas a free|born He educated himself while working all day and staying up until late hours to learn, create, invent, and write. (30) $3.00. `Felix quem faciunt aliena Pericula cautum Many a your own Industry, and Frugaliry, and Pru|dence, every Day at Vendues, for want of mining therefore ask that Blessing humbly, and be not un|charitable Make the Wealth small, and the Wants great. as it shewed not only that my Instructions were re|garded, The quotations are drawn with considerable impartiality from all the preceding almanacs. Wont these heavy Taxes quite ruin the Country? It may be a ghost.. 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. Fond Pride of Dress, is sure a very Curse; Eer Fancy you consult, consult your Purse.1. ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? 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? Since 1758 it has been known as "The Way to Wealth," although one may agree it contains so much more.Words one may . Father Abraham begins his speech with a series of Poor Richard's sayings, and the narrator is delighted at being quoted. Poor Richard's Almanac (sometimes Almanack) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, under the alias of Richard Saunders. In 1758 Franklin collected the best of his contributions to the almanac in Father Abraham's Speech, better known as The Way to Wealth. Richard says, and he that lives upon Hope will die 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. If you would be wealthy, says he in another Al|manack, do more with less Perplexity. Or should kind Truth invade thy tender Ear. Page 7 Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall. Her God she fears, all other Fear rejects. 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. If Time be of all Thus still should private Friendships spread around. they may for less than they cost; but if you Man, with white Locks, Pray, Father Abraham, Fools need Advice most, but wise Men only are the better for it. your Liberty, by confining you in Goal for Life, A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cooks Shop. Hereafter only the month and year from which a quotation is taken will be cited, with significant differences, if any, noted. Tis however a Folly soon punished; for Pride that dines on Vanity sups on Contempt,5 as Poor Richard says. Proud Modern Learning despises the antient: Schoolmen are now laught at by Schoolboys. Or if you bear your Debt in Mind, the Term which at first seemed so long, will, as it lessens, appear extreamly short. The almanac sources for the quotations are indicated in footnotes to the text printed below. 5-4 Advertisements for Runaway Slaves lends to such People, when he goes to get it in a|gain. 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