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    Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth: Five Essential Essays of Benjamin Franklin (***and three extra essays***)
    Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth: Five Essential Essays of Benjamin Franklin (***and three extra essays***)
    Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth: Five Essential Essays of Benjamin Franklin (***and three extra essays***)
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    Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth: Five Essential Essays of Benjamin Franklin (***and three extra essays***)

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    ...LEARNING "from this special utilitarian principle – and find that doing what is right for the right's sake is good, not only because it is right, but also because it is the best thing to do to achieve happiness. Moreover, for those who do not believe in this utopia, we can learn that these precious teachings help pave the way to financial independence, which in turn can ensure plenty of freedom, time, and tranquility to enjoy a good life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEditora Dipladênia
    Release dateSep 21, 2021
    ISBN9786599567827
    Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth: Five Essential Essays of Benjamin Franklin (***and three extra essays***)
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    Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) was an American writer, printer, politician, postmaster, scientist, and diplomat. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin found success at a young age as editor and printer of the Pennsylvania Gazette, a prominent Philadelphia newspaper. From 1732 to 1758, Franklin published Poor Richard’s Almanack, a popular yearly pamphlet that earned Franklin much of his wealth. An influential Philadelphian, Franklin founded the Academy and College of Philadelphia, which would become the University of Pennsylvania, in 1751. In addition, Franklin founded the Library Company of Philadelphia, as well as the city’s first fire department. As revolutionary sentiment was on the rise in the thirteen colonies, Franklin traveled to London to advocate on behalf of Americans unhappy with British rule, earning a reputation as a skilled diplomat and shrewd negotiator. During the American Revolution, his relationships with French officials would prove essential for the war effort, the success of which depended upon munitions shipments from France. Over the next few decades, he would serve as the first postmaster general of the United States and as governor of Pennsylvania while maintaining his diplomatic duties. A dedicated and innovative scientist, Franklin is credited with important discoveries regarding the nature of electricity, as well as with inventing the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove. A slaveowner for many years, Franklin eventually became an abolitionist. Although he failed to raise the issue during the 1787 Constitutional Convention, he led the Pennsylvania Abolitionist Society and wrote essays on the subject of slavery, which he deemed “an atrocious debasement of human nature.”

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      Benjamin Franklin - The Little Book of Wealth - Benjamin Franklin

      title page

      "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

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