Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2]

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Бенджамин Франклин. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2]

THE WAY TO WEALTH,

ON TRUE HAPPINESS

PUBLIC MEN

THE WASTE OF LIFE

SELF-DENIAL NOT THE ESSENCE OF VIRTUE

ON THE USEFULNESS OF THE MATHEMATICS

THE ART OF PROCURING PLEASANT DREAMS

ADVICE TO A YOUNG TRADESMAN

RULES OF HEALTH

THE EPHEMERA; AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE

THE WHISTLE

ON LUXURY, IDLENESS, AND INDUSTRY.2

ON TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD

NECESSARY HINTS TO THOSE THAT WOULD BE RICH

THE WAY TO MAKE MONEY PLENTY IN EVERY MAN'S POCKET

THE HANDSOME AND DEFORMED LEG

ON HUMAN VANITY

ON SMUGGLING, AND ITS VARIOUS SPECIES

REMARKS CONCERNING THE SAVAGES OF NORTH AMERICA

ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND THE PRESS

ON THE PRICE OF CORN, AND THE MANAGEMENT OF THE POOR

SINGULAR CUSTOM AMONG THE AMERICANS, ENTITLED WHITEWASHING

ON THE CRIMINAL LAWS AND THE PRACTICE OF PRIVATEERING

LETTER FROM ANTHONY AFTERWIT

LETTERS

PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS

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The desire of happiness in general is so natural to us, that all the world are in pursuit of it; all have this one end in view, though they take such different methods to attain it, and are so much divided in their notions of it.

Evil, as evil, can never be chosen; and, though evil is often the effect of our own choice, yet we never desire it, but under the appearance of an imaginary good.

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"'If you have a list of them in writing, pray show it me; I should be glad to hear it read.'

"'I have it not yet.'

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