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H A V E he ard th a t n ot hin g g ives
a n a uth o r s uc h g r eat p le a s ure as
to fi n d h i s wo rk s respectfully q u ote d
by othe r s J ud ge then how m uch I
m ust have been grat i fie d by a n in
c id
e n t I a m go i n g to relate to you
I stopped m y horse lately where a
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great n u mber of people were col lected
at an aucti on of m erchants goods
T he hou r of the sale n ot bei ng com e
they we re con ve r si n g on the bad ness
of the ti m es ; and one of th e com pan y
cal led to a plai n clean ol d m an wit h
wh i te l oc k s and sa i d
P ray Fathe r
A braham what th i n k you of t h e ti m es ?
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THE W A Y
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WEALTH
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Wi ll n ot these heavy taxes q u i te rui n
the cou nt r y ? H o w shal l we be able
to pay them ?
W hat w ou ld you
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ad vise u s to d o ?
Fathe r A b rah am
stoo d u p and repl ied I f you wou ld
have m y adv i ce I wi l l gi ve i t you in
sh ort ;
for a w o r d to the w ise is
en ough as poor Richard says T hey
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to
spea
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m i n d an d gatheri n g ro u n d hi m he
p rocee d e d as fo l lows :
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F r i en d s says h e the tax es are
i n d ee d ve r y he a vy an d i f th ose laid
on b y the govern men t were the on ly
ones we h a d to pay we m igh t m ore
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WEALTH
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e asi l y d i scharge them ; b u t we h a ve
m an y others and m uch m ore griev ou s
e are taxed t wic e
to som e of us
as m u ch by ou r i dleness thre e ti mes
as m uch by ou r p ri d e an d four t i mes
as m uch b y ou r fol l y ; an d fr om these
taxes the com m issi oners c a n n ot ease
o r del i ve r u s by allowi n g a n abate
m en t
H owe ve r let u s he a rken to
good ad v i ce an d som ethi n g m ay be
d one fo r us ; God hel ps them that
help them sel ves
as Poo r R i ch ard
says
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I t w ould b e th ou gh t a hard
go vern men t that shou ld tax i ts peopl e
one ten th pa r t of thei r ti me to b e e m
ployed i n i ts se r vi ce ; bu t i d leness
taxes man y of us m u c h m ore ; sloth
b y b ri n gi n g on d iseases a b solu tel y
shorten s l i fe
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S loth ,
li ke r u s t c onsu mes faste r
than la b ou r wea r s w hi le the use d k ey
is al ways b r i gh t as P oo r Ri ch ard
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says
B ut d ost thou l ove l i fe then
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TH
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TO
AY
W E A LTH
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s q uan d er ti m e fo r that i s th e
stu ff l i fe i s m ade of as P oor Ri c hard
says H ow m u c h m ore than i s n e c e s
sary d o w e spen d i n s leep forgett in g
that
the sleepi n g fox c atche s n o
p ou l t r y an d that the r e w i l l be sleep
i n g en ough i n the g r av e a s P oo r
R ichard says
do
n ot
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I f t i m e be o f al l th i ngs the
m ost p reci o us wasti n g ti m e m ust
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be
as Poo r Ri chard says
the
g reatest p rod igal i ty ; s i nce as h e
elsewhere tel l s us
L ost t i m e i s
n e ve r fou n d agai n ; and what we
c a l l t i me en ough al w a ys p r o ves l ittle
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en ough
L e t us then u p an d be
d oing an d d oi n g to the pu rpose ; so
by d i li gen c e shal l we d o m o re wit h
S l ot h m akes al l
less pe rplex ity
thin gs d i ffic u lt b u t i nd ust ry al l easy :
an d he that ri seth late m ust t rot a ll
d ay an d sh al l sca r ce ove rtake hi s
b usi ness at n ight ; whi le la z i n ess
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t ravels so sl ow l y that poverty soon
ove rtakes h i m " ri ve thy b usi n ess
l et n ot that d ri ve thee : an d earl y to
be d and earl y t o rise m a k es a m an
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heal th y weal th y an d w ise as P oor
Ri cha rd says
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THE W A Y
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To
WEALTH
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So
w hat sign ifies w i sh in g an d
hop ing fo r b ette r ti mes
W e m ay
make these ti mes bette r i f we besti r
ou rsel ves
I n d u s try need n ot w i sh
and he that l i ves u pon h ope wi ll d ie
fasti n g T here are n o bga ins w i tho ut
pai ns ; the n hel p han ds fO l I have n o
lands ; o r i f I have they a r e sma r tl y
taxed
H e that hath a tra d e hath
an estate ; an d h e that hath a c a l l in g
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bath an o ffice of p ro fit a n d h onou r
as P oor R i cha r d says ; b ut the n the
trad e m ust be wo rked at an d the
cal lin g wel l fol l owe d o r n ei the r the
estate n or th e o ffic e W i l l ena b l e us to
pay ou r taxes
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I f we a re i n d ustri ou s we shal l
neve r starve ;
for at the w orki n g
m an s house h u n ge r l ooks i n b u t
d a r es n ot e nter
N o r w i ll t h e b ai li ff
o r con stable en te r for
i nd ustry
pays d e b ts W hi le despai r i n c reaseth
them
W hat th ou g h you h ave
fou nd n o treasu re n or has an y rich
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W E A LTH
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relati on left you a lega c y
" i l ige n c e
i s the m other o f good l u c k and G od
gi ves al l thi ngs to i n d u s try
T hen
plo u gh deep wh ile sl ug ga I ds sleep
an d you shall have c orn to sel l an d
to keep
o rk whi le i t i s c al led
to day for yOu kn o w n ot h ow m u ch
yo u m ay b e hi n dered to m orrow
O n e to day i s w orth t wo to m or
rows
as Poor Ri c hard says and
fa rther
N ev e r leave t hat ti ll to
m orrow wh i c h you can d o to day
I f yo u we re a servan t would yo u n o t
b e ashamed that a good master sh ou l d
c at c h yo u i d le ? A re y o u then you r
o wn m aster ?
be asham ed to catch
you rsel f id le when the re i s so m uch
to b e d on e for yo u rsel f yo ur fam i ly
you r c o un t I y an d you r k i n g
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H and le you r tools W ith o u t mi t
tens ; rem em be r that
T he c a t i n
gloves catches n o m i ce
as POO I
Ri c hard says
I t i s t rue there i s
m uch to b e d one a n d perhaps you
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ar e we ak h a n d e d ; b u t st i c k to i t
ste ad i l y a n d yo u w i ll see great
C onst a n t d roppi n g
e ffects ; for
wea rs a way stones ; a n d by di li gen ce
and pat i ence the m ouse a te i n two
the cabl e ; an d l i tt l e st r o k es
g r eat o ak s
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Methi n k s I hear som e of you say
Must a m a fford h i mself n o
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lei su re ? 1 w i l l tel l thee m y friend
E m ploy
W hat P oo r Ri char d says
th y t i m e wel l i f tho u mean est to
gai n leis u re ; an d s i nce th ou art n ot
s u re of a m i n ute th row not away a n
hou r
L e i su re I s t une fo r do I n g
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someth in g usefu l ; this l eisu re the
d il i gen t m a n W i l l obta i n b ut the
la z y m a n n eve r ; fo r
A l i fe of
l e i su re an d a l i fe of l a z i ness a re two
d i ffe r en t th i n gs
a n y w i thou t la
bou r w ou l d l i ve b y thei r w its on l y
b ut they b reak fo r w a n t of stoc k ;
whe r eas i n d ust r y g i ves com fo r t
plen ty a nd respect
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F ly p leasu r es a n d they w i ll fo l
lo w you
T he d i li gen t spi n ne r h a s
a l ar ge sh i ft a n d n ow I h a ve a sheep
a n d a c ow eve r y bo d y b id s m e
goo d m o rr ow
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II
B u t w i th o u r i n d ustry w e
m ust l ik ew i se be ste a d y settled an d
c ar eful ; an d ove r see ou r ow n a ffai r s
w i th ou r ow n eyes a n d n ot trust too
m uch to others ; fo r a s P oo r Ri ch ard
s a ys
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m ov dt r e e
N r yt
ft re m v dfam il y
T h a t t hr v e s w ll a t h s e t h a t
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THE W A Y
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To
WE A LTH
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aga i n
T h re e re m oves a r e as
b ad as a fi re an d agai n
"eep th y
shop an d thy sh op wi l l k eep thee ;
an d agai n I f y ou w ou ld have yo u r
b usi ness d on e go ; i f n o t , send
A n d aga in
And
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h at b y th p l ugh w ul dt hri v
H i m lf m u t i t h r h l d r dri v
He t
se
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aga i n
T he eye of the maste r
w i l l d o m ore work than b oth hi s
han d s ; an d agai n
W an t of c a re
d oes us m ore d amag e t han want of
k now led ge ;
an d agai n
n ot to
o versee wo rk m en i s to leave the m
you r p u rse
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T r usti n g too m uch to othe r s
c a r e i s th e r ui n of m an y ; fo r I n
the a ffai rs of th is wo r l d me n a r e
saved n ot by fa i th bu t b y the wan t of
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it ; but a m an s own ca r e i s p rofitabl e
I f you woul d h ave a fai th fu l
for
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se rvan t a n d on e th a t yo u l ik e se r ve
ours e l
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WEALTH
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wort h a g r o a t at last A fa t k i tche n
m ak es a le a n w i l l ; a n d
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Many
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at e s
a re s
mn
S i c e wo e for t e a
A n d me n t o g e t
s li t t i
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p nt in t h e g t t ing
f r k p i nn i ng 8 k nit t i ng
p un h f r k h wi ng a d
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I f yo u w ould
s av
in g as we l l
b e we a l thy th i n k o f
as of g e t t in g
T he
I n d ies h ave n ot m ad e S pai n r ich
bec a use he r o u t goes a r e g reate r than
h e r i n comes
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A w ay,
then w i th you r e xpens i ve
fo l li es and y o u wi l l n ot th en have so
m uch c a use to com p l ai n of har d
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THE W A Y
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ti me s heav y
fa m i l ies ; for
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dwi n e
we al t h
A n d farthe r
WEALTH
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an d chargeable
d de c e i t
a n dt h e wan t
e an
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gr at
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W hat m ai n tai ns one
v i ce w o u ld b ri n g u p tw o c h ild r en
Y ou r m ay thi n k pe rhaps that a l it
tle tea or a l ittl e p u n ch n o w an d
then d iet a li ttle m ore c ostl y clothes
a l ittle fin e r an d a l ittle en tertai n
men t n ow and then can be n o great
matte r ; b u t r em ember
an y a
l i ttle m akes a m ickle
B eware o f
—
lit tle ex penses
A smal l leak w i l l
sin k a great shi p as Poor R i c ha rd
wh o dai n t i es l ove
says ; an d agai n
shal l b egga rs p rove and m oreov e r
F ools m ake feasts and W ise m en
eat them
H e re you are al l got
together to thi s sale of fin e rie s an d
n i cknacks
Y o u c al l them good s
b u t i f you d o n ot take ca re they wi l l
Y ou
p rov e e vils to som e of you
ex pect they w i l l be sol d cheap and
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THE W A Y
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W E A LTH
To
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perhaps th ey m a y for less t han they
c ost ; b u t i f you have n o o cc asion
fo r them they m ust b e d ea r to y o u
Rem em b er w hat poor R i c hard says
B u y w hat th o u hast n o n eed of
an d e re lon g th ou shal t sel l th y
A n d agai n
n ecessaries
At a
I eat
penn
yworth
pa
u
se
awhi
le
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g
he m eans that perhaps the c heapness
i s apparen t on ly an d n ot real ; or
the b argai n b y stra i ten in g thee i n
thy b usi ness m ay d o thee m ore ha rm
than good Fo r I n an othe r place he
says
an y have b een r u i ned by
b uy i ng good penn yw orths
A gain
I t I s fool ish to lay o ut m oney i n a
p u rchase of re pen ta n c e ; and yet
this I s p racti sed e very d ay at a uc ti ons
for wan t of m i nd in g th e A l mana c k
an y a one for th e sake of fin e
on the ba ck have gon e w i th a h u n gry
b el ly an d hal f sta r ved thei r fam il ies ;
S i lks and satin s scarlet an d vel vets
pu t ou t th e k i tchen fi re
as Poor
R i cha rd s says
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WE A LTH
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T hese are n ot th e n e c e s s a rie s of
l i fe they c an scar c el y b e c al led th e
c onven ien c es and yet onl y b e c ause
they l ook pretty h ow man y wan t to
have them By these an d othe r ex t ra
va ga n c ie s t h e gen teel a re red uce d to
po ve rty an d forced t o b orro w of
those whom they formerl y despised ;
b u t wh o th ro u gh i nd ustry an d fr u ga
lit y h av e m ai ntained thei r stan d i n g
i n wh i c h case i t appears plai n ly t hat
A plo u gh man o n hi s legs i s h i gher
than a gen tle man on hi s kn ees as
Poor Richard says
Perhaps they
have ha d a smal l estate left them
wh i ch they k new n ot th e getti n g of ;
they th in k i t i s day and wi ll n eve r
be ni ght : that a l ittle to b e spen t
o u t of so m u c h i s n ot worth m i n di n g ;
but
A l ways taki n g ou t of the m eal
t u b an d neve r p utti n g i n soo n c omes
to the b ottom as P oor R ic h a I dsays ;
and the n
W hen t h e well i s dI y
t hey k now the wan t of wate r
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THE W A Y
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To
WE A LTH
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th i s they m i gh t h ave k n own be fore i f
they had take n hi s ad vi c e
I f yo u would kn ow the val ue o f
m on ey go and try to b orrow som e ;
fo r he that goes a b or ro wi n g goes
a so r row i n g as Poo r Richard says
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and i n dee d so d oes h e that len d s to
su c h people when h e goes to ge t i t
i n agai n P oor " i c k farthe r a d vi ses
an d says
i ur a v ry ur
F n dp ri d f dr
n ul t y ur p ur
E r fa n y y u n ul t
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ga i n
P r id e i s as l oud a
begga r as Wa n t an d a g r eat d eal
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TH E W A Y T O
mo re sau c y
W E A LT H
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yo u ha ve b o u gh t
one fi ne thi ng yo u m u s t b u y t e n
m o re that yo u r appearan c e m ay be
all of a pie c e ; b u t Poor " i c k says
I t is easie r to su pp ress the fi rs t
d esi re than to satisfy al l that follo w
it
A n d i t i s as tru ly fo l ly fo r th e
poor to ape the rich as for th e fro g
to s well in orde r to e q u al the ox
l larg m a y v nt ur m r
V
B ut li t t l b a t
h ul dk p n ar h r
I t i s h owe ve r a fol ly soon p u n i shed
for as P oo r Ri c h a rd says
P rid e
that d i nes on van i ty s u ps on c on te m p t
—Prid e b reak fasted with P len ty
d i ned w i th Poverty and s u pped w i th
I n fam y
A nd afte r all
o f what
use is this p ride o f appearan c e fo r
whi c h so m u c h is risked and so m u c h
i s s u ffe red I t can n ot p rom ote heal th
n or ease pai n it m akes n o i n c rease
of m eri t i n the pe rson but c reates
en vy and hasten s m isfort u n e
VV lI e n
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ru n i n d e b t for these
W e a re o ffe r ed b y the t erm s of th is
sale si x m onths c red i t ; and that
perhaps h as i n d u c ed some of us to
attend it b e c a u se we c an n ot spare
read
y
m
oney
and
h
ope
n
ow
to
the
‘ t
b e fi n e W i thou t i t B u t ah
hi n k
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u
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W hat
d
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whe
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y ou gi ve to an othe r powe r ove r you r
l i b erty
l f yo u c an not pay at the
t i m e yo u w il l be ashamed t o see
y o u r c red itor ; yo u wil l b e i n fear
wh e n y o u speak to h i m ; yo u w i l l
m ake poor p iti fu l sneaki n g e xcu ses
o se
b
y
d
egr
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c
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to
l
you
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an
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THE W A Y
2 2
WE A LTH
To
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d ebt fo r s uch d r ess ' Y o u r c r e d i tor
has au th ori ty at hi s pleasu r e to d e
p ri ve yo u o f you r l i b erty b y c o n fin
i n g yo u in gaol for l i fe or b y sel li n g
yo u for a servan t i f yo u sh ould n ot
b e able to pay h i m
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.
W hen yo u h ave got you r barg a i n
y ou may pe rhaps th i n k l i ttle o f
pay ment b u t as Poor Richard says
C red itors have b ette r m em ories
tha n d ebtors ; c red i tors a re a supe r
s t it io us sect
great o b se rvers of set
”
d ays an d ti m es
T he d ay c om es
ro u n d b e fo r e y ou a re aware an d the
d e man d i s m ad e b efore y ou are p re
pared to satisfy i t ; o r i f you b ea r
y ou r debt i n m i nd the term wh i ch
at fi rst see med so l on g will as i t
l essen s a ppea r extre mel y sh ort
T i m e wi l l see m to have added w i ngs
to hi s heels as wel l as h is sh oulders
T h ose have a short L en t wh o owe
m on ey to b e paid at Easte r
At
p resen t perh a ps yo u may th ink
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
,
.
“
,
”
.
,
,
TH E W A Y T O WEALTH
23
.
you r sel ves in th ri vi n g ci rc u mstan c es
and that you c an b ear a li ttle ex t r a
vagance w itho ut I nj u ry ; b ut
F r g
h il y u m ay
dwan t av
N m rn ing u la t a wh l d y
Ga i n ma y be tem porary and
uncerta i n ; b u t eve r wh i le y o u l i ve
expense i s constan t an d c ertai n ; an d
I t i s easie r to b u i ld t wo C h i m n eys
t han to keep on e i n fuel
as Poor
Ri c hard says ; so
Rather go to
be d s u ppe rless than rise i n debt
G t wh at y u
dwh at y u g t h l d
Ti t h
t n t h a t will t urn ll y ur l a di n t g l d
A n d when y o u h a ve got th e Ph ilos o
’
h
e r s ston e s u re you w i l l n o l on ger
p
com pla i n o f ba d ti mes or the diffi
c ul ty of pay i n g t axes
,
,
o
o
a
e
s
an
o
s
n
s
e
W
e
s
o
a
o e
,
”
.
‘
,
,
“
,
,
“
,
.
,
e
’
s
o
e s o
c an , a n
o
a
e
e
e
o
o
,
o
o
.
,
,
.
IV
T h is d octri ne m y frien d s i s
reason an d w i sd om ; b u t afte r al l
d o n ot d epen d too m u c h u po n yo u r
ow n i n d ustry fru gal ity an d p ru
d ence thou gh e xcellen t th i n gs ; for
‘
.
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
TH E W A Y
24
To
W E A LTH
.
they m ay a ll b e b lasted w i th o u t t h e
b lessi n g of H eave n ; a n d the re fore
that b lessin g h u m b l y a n d b e
,
,
un c h a I it a ble
n ot
t
see
m
o
p
an d hel p the m
I e s e nt
.
fe re d,
an
d wa s
,
ft e I wa rds p ro s p e I o us
now
.
to con c l ud e
Ex p e
rie n c e keeps a d ea r s c hool b u t fools
wi l l le a rn i n n o othe r
as Poo r
R i c hard says a n d s c a r c e i n that ; fo r
i t is t r u e
W e m a y gi ve ad vi ce
b u t we c ann ot gi ve c ond u c t
H ow
e v
re me mb
e i
e I
this
T hey th a t
‘
A nd
a
to th ose tha t at
wa n t i t b u t c om I t
Re me m ber J o bsu f
“
,
,
,
,
“
,
,
.
“
,
,
.
THE W A Y T O WE A LTH
25
.
w i ll n ot b e c ounsel led c an n ot be
helped ; an d farthe r that
I f yo u
w i l l not hea r reason she w i l l su rel y
rap you r kn uckles
as Poor Ri ch
a r d says
,
,
,
’
.
T h us th e Old gen tleman ended
h is har a n gue T he people heard i t
an d app ro ved the d octri ne an d im
m e di ately practised the contrary just
as i f i t had b een a com m on sermon ;
fo r the auction opened an d they
began to b u y ex t r av a gantly I foun d
the good m an h ad thorou gh ly stud ied
m y A l man ac k s and d igested al l I
ha d d ropt on th ose topics d u ri n g the
co u rse of twen ty five ye a rs
T he
fre q uen t m enti on he made of me
m ust have ti re d an y on e e lse ; b u t
m y van i ty wa s won d erful l y d el i ghted
wi th i t though I was c ons c i ous that
n o t a tenth part of the w i s d om wa s
m y own which he ascr i bed to m e ;
bu t rather the glean i ngs that I had
m ad e of the sense of al l ages an d
.
,
,
,
,
.
,
-
.
,
,
W
THE
2 6
AY
To
WEA LTH
.
n a t i on s H owe ve r I r eso l ve d to be
the bette r for the ech o of i t ; a n d
though I a t fir st d eterm i ne d to b u y
stu ff fo r a n e w co a t I wen t awa
r eso l ve d to wear m y o ld one a l i tt e
l on ge r Rea d e r i f th ou w i l t d o the
sam e thy p rofi t w i l l be as great a s
m i n e —I a m a s eve r th i ne to s e r ve
t hee
.
,
,
.
,
,
,
,
,
R
I CH A
R"
S A "N" E R
S
.
HO
M" C H
W
MA " E
TO
OF
L I TT L E
A
a d re s s e d t o t he
d
E a rne s t lg
/
BY
BO B
.
I ndus t rious Poor
.
SHO R T
.
poo r m a n wh o roa s ts o r broils
h i s m eat— throws i t h a l f i n to t h e fi re
THE
T he poor man wh o boils
hal f away i n the wate r
.
—
it th rows
.
T he poor m an wh o tu rns i t i nto
b
roth w i th a l i ttl e fl o u r oatm eal ri ce
or pe a se accor di n g to t hei r p r i ce
wants th e less b read an d has twi ce
the q uan ti ty fo r h i s m on ey
,
,
,
,
,
,
,
.
H erbs su c h as c a rrots c e le ry t ur
ni
s
b
e
o
o
s
an
d
som
e
an
d
c
a
b
a
n
i
n
p
g
b u t espe c ial l y le e /c s i f fi rst fr i ed til l
a l ittle b r own i n the fat from the
,
,
,
,
,
,
TH E W A Y
2 8
To
W EALTH
.
b roth an d then bo i led the r ei n w i l l
m ak e a rich feast at a smal l expen se
,
,
.
On ion s
are the best herbs T he
id o la trous E gypt i ans wo r sh i p them ;
bet te r worshi p th e m than the g in
bott le
.
.
T he poor a l w a ys ge t the best
penn y w orths wh o b u y in the ope n
m a r ket ; an d ba r ga i n s a r e al w a ys
-
cheap e s t at the l a tter en d of the
d ay W hen h on est men h a ve d on e
.
3
0
TH E WA Y
To
W EALTH
.
o r even wa te r g rue l o r be e r to a h a rd
w or k i n g m an in the m orni n g i s worth
t wel v e pen n y worth of t e a
I f tea
be good for the m wh o ea t too m u c h
i t i s r ui n to the m wh o eat b u t little
L et th e poor be at hal f t h e ex pense
fo r be e r as they a re for t e a and they
w il l be abl e to d o twi ce the wo rk
-
,
,
,
-
.
,
.
,
.
S uga r
an d tea were n eve r i n ge n
e r al u se ti l l the e ig h te e n th cen tu ry ;
si nce the poor have b een te a d ri n ke rs
hal f of the m have been beggare d an d
sta r ve d
-
,
.
T
i
es
complai
n
t
i
s
m
g
a re
ha rd" W h y then ma k e them
?
A g ood m an i n bad
h a rde r s t ill
t i mes w i l l l i ve ten ti mes bette r tha n
a ba d m an i n good ti m e s
T he
e n e ra l
,
,
,
.
W e often s a y T a x e s a re h e a vy
T h a t m a y be t rue ; bu t by W ho m
,
THE W A Y
WE A LTH
To
3 1
.
a r e we taxed m os t ? L et a man
re c k on whethe r m an y a re n ot tax e d
t wic e as m uch b y t he i r foll y t h re e
ti mes as m u c h by thei r d r u n kenness
and four t i m es as m uch b y thei r
l az i n ess than they a r e by the govern
m en t ; an d then say i f they have a
r i gh t to com plai n be c ause the shoe
pi n c hes w hen they h ave m ad e i t
u pon the i r own last
,
,
,
,
,
.
L et the poo r d o goo d to them
sel ves at home an d t hen they w i l l
fi nd goo d i n bei ng at h om e
It
i s a tru e p r ove rb
G o d he lps them
th a t hel p themse l ves
,
.
“
.
" e s ire n ot ric he s , t
Con t e n t me nt
ak e s
m
h y b wi t c h
a p r m an ric h
e
e
oo
,
.
I nd ustry wi ll m a k e a m an a pu rse
an d F rugal i ty gi ve h i m st r i ngs to
it
T h i s p u r se w i l l cost h i m n o
,
.
THE W A Y
23
To
W
EALT H
.
th i ng T hey that have i t W i l l on l y
d ra w the stri ngs as F r ugal i ty d i
reets an d wi l l al ways fi n d an usefu l
pen n y at the b otto m o f i t
.
,
,
.
T he se rvan ts of i n d ustry a re
k n ow n by thei r l i ve ry ; i t i s al ways
cl ea n an d w holesome ; l ook at the
ragged an d d i rty slaves of L a z i ness
and the n ask wh o serves the best
m aster ?
,
fe a r of Godw i l l m a k e a m an
th i n k wel l an d a c t well ; and when
he needs i t G o d W i l l provi d e h i m
a fr i end
T he
,
.
T he
m an wh o lau ghs w ith yo u
at t h e fe a r of God i s you r w orst
e n e m y an d teaches you to be you r
B e w ar e of such
own ene m y also
,
,
.
.
THE W A Y
TO
WEALTH
33
.
E ME MB ER S I N I S T H E G RE A T E S T
E V I L ; S A L V AT I ON E Y J ES " S CH RI S T T H E
G RE A T E S T G OO " ; A N " G R A C E T o C H A N G E
’
T H E H E A RT
T H E POO R M
AN S
R I C H ES T
T RE A S " RE
L et the poor man the n
find hi s way t o the c heapest market
on a Sa turday; to that pla c e of wor
sh i p where h e c an m eet w i th th e best
ad v i ce on a S un day; an d go l i k e an
h onest m an to h i s labou r on the
S i m ple
on d
a
an
d
followi
n
g
these
;
y
rules be w i l l be happy tw i c e ove r ;
happy i n time and happy to al l
E te rn ity
R
,
.
M
,
,
.
BO B S H O R T
.
I NS
TR
" CT I V
E
W
A N"
A
M" S I N G S TO R Y B OO "
Y O "NG PEO PL E
P" BL I S H E" BY
AT
W
S I X PE N C E
p
-
h
"A R TO N
.
B e a uty b
ut S k in de e
C ildre n I n t he
o od
E as y L e s s o ns fo r L i t t l e
,
EA C H
SO N
.
.
.
Fo l k s
.
H o w t o s pe n da H a pp y C h ris t iia
I dle A n n R e c lai m e d
I ll T e mp e r, a Ba d Pl ay fe ll o w
fl
L i t tle
d
d
l
o
r
r
e
one
fa ult l e a ds t o
e
ar
a n d Ca t
y
i s c h i e f n o t F un
.
M
M
MyF
M
-
a
.
.
at
h
-
.
h
S t re n g t
H o us e j byJ
re s e n t
’
e rs
N 0 T i me
’
R os ett a s
S e l f wi l l ;
S ly B e n
,
-
W
or
.
E H l me
s
o
.
.
.
H e a ds
n ot
ilie wi s e s t
.
0
o m, a
is d
n
S k e t c he s fi
T he
The
T he
T he
T he
T he
T he
mny
.
V
t ue
ir
d
;
o r,
S c ript ur
B la c k Bo y
Is
d
’
B i rds N e s t
”
Co t ras t ; OT H o w t o e H a py
G re e dy C il d C ure d
a ng le rs q
L i t tl e
r
Summe r H o us e b J E H o l e s
Ha p y G ia n dmOt he r, & c by rs C
b p
.
n
h
w
p
.
.
y
.
.
.
m
M
.
hi l d“
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