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When viewing this article, I realized that the article wasn't deep in depth about Benjamin Franklin's essay "Way To Wealth". I believe there is not much information about how the story was told. I will go more in depth into Franklin's essay and who told the story. I will include the impact that Franklin has made with his essay, and how it impacted his society.

Reading List

• Franklin, Benjamin. (1757). The Way To Wealth
• Shipside, Steve . (2008)  Benjamin Franklin's The Way To Wealth : A 52 Brilliant Ideas Interpretation.
• Lupton, Christina. "Two Texts Told Twice: Poor Richard, Pastor Yorick, and the Case of the Word's Return." Early American Literature 40.3 (2005): 471-498. Rpt. in Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800. Ed. Thomas J. Schoenberg and Lawrence J. Trudeau. Vol. 134. Detroit: Gale, 2007. Literature Resource Center. Web. 21 Oct. 2015.
• Carpenter, Kenneth. "Ben Franklin's 'Way To Wealth' Was A Worldwide Introduction To American Capitalism". Forbes. 21 Oct. 2015.

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The Way to Wealth is an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard's Almanac during its first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech given by "Father Abraham" to a group of people. Many of the phrases Father Abraham quotes continue to be familiar today. The essay's advice is based on the themes of work ethic and frugality.

Some phrases from the almanac quoted in The Way to Wealth include:

• "There are no gains, without pains"
• "One today is worth two tomorrows"
• "A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things"
• "Get what you can, and what you get hold"
• "Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright"
• "Have you somewhat to do tomorrow, do it today"
• "The eye of a master will do more work than both his hands"
• "Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise"
• "For want of a nail..."

Revised

The Way of Wealth by Benjamin Franklin is an essay written as an introduction for the 26th and final edition of the Poor Richard's Almanac. Written in 1758, it is a collection of adages and advice over the first 25 years of publication. The speech was given by "Father Abraham" to a group of people at an auction that wanted to know how to become wealthy. In the selection, Benjamin Franklin arrives to an auction to Father Abraham quoting his words from Poor Richard's Almanac. Father Abraham presented the words to the men in the auction with Franklin's theory on how to attain wealth. In this essay, Franklin shares his expertise over the topics of industry, diligence, frugality, debt, and putting your knowledge into action.

A few important quotes from the essay from the almanac "The Way to Wealth" :

• "There are no gains, without pains"
• "One today is worth two tomorrows"
• "A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things"
• "Get what you can, and what you get hold"

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IMPACT

• Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanac was one of the best-selling items in the colonial literary marketplace. Providing American readers with its annual blend of proverbs, recipes, and prophecy, Franklin's almanac sold over 10,000 copies annually at a time when the population of Philadelphia was less than 15,000 (Nash 195-96). According to the retired Harvard librarian Kenneth E. Carpenter, there were over 1,100 appearances of Franklin’s The Way to Wealth in at least 26 languages before 1850, making it one of the most widely disseminated economic works in history. The almanac was “Franklin’s best-selling piece, known since 1780 as The Way to Wealth, was written in 1757 as the preface to the twenty-sixth and final edition of the almanac.”

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