The Way To Wealth

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  • Benjamin
  • Franklin's
  • writings
  • have
  • inspired
  • millions
  • throughout
  • the
  • years,
  • and
  • his
  • advice
  • on
  • how
  • to
  • earn
  • and
  • save
  • money
  • is
  • timeless.
  • "The
  • Way
  • to
  • Wealth"
  • was
  • an
  • essay
  • written
  • by
  • Benjamin
  • Franklin
  • in
  • 1758.
  • He
  • was
  • on
  • a
  • journey
  • to
  • England
  • and
  • resented
  • the
  • time
  • wasted
  • waiting
  • for
  • the
  • ship
  • to
  • sail
  • (it
  • was
  • anchored
  • in
  • New
  • York
  • for
  • 2
  • weeks)
  • that
  • he
  • began
  • collecting
  • adages
  • and
  • advice
  • from
  • 25
  • years
  • worth
  • of
  • publication
  • of
  • Poor
  • Richard's
  • Alamanac
  • (Spelled
  • Alamanack
  • at
  • the
  • time).
  • Because
  • the
  • poor
  • man
  • couldn't
  • afford
  • books,
  • he
  • would
  • spend
  • his
  • earnings
  • on
  • yearly
  • almanacs
  • filled
  • with
  • astrology,
  • jokes,
  • stories,
  • and
  • other
  • works
  • of
  • amusement.
  • In
  • Poor
  • Richard's
  • Alamanac,
  • Franklin
  • copied
  • some
  • of
  • the
  • more
  • popular
  • pieces
  • of
  • advice,
  • slightly
  • modified,
  • and
  • also
  • included
  • original
  • works
  • of
  • his own
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