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Analysis of Article

After reading "The Way to Wealth" Wikipedia article, I believe the author's paragraph describing Benjamin Franklins essay missed the main point of emphasis. Which is deliberate acts to earn revenue as well as conscious budgeting are necessary components to gaining wealth. Also the entire article only consist of of three sentences and several quotes from "The Way to Wealth" essay. Which doesn't give much of an understanding to a reader who has never to a reader who hasn't read the essay for themselves. What I intend add a revision of the authors paragraph stating key points that are in "The Way to Wealth" essay that highlight the necessities for gaining financial security.

Reading List

1. Benjamin Franklin. 1758. The way to Wealth.

2. Sophus A. Reinert. 2015. The Way to Wealth around the World: Benjamin Franklin and the Globalization of American Capitalism.

3. Edward J. Gallagher. 1973. The Rhetorical Strategy of Franklin's "Way to Wealth"

Revised paragraph from The Way to Wealth

Original

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"

Revised

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, organized into a speech given by "Father Abraham" to a group of people at an auction. Benjamin Franklin arrived to the auction just in time to hear Father Abraham recite the passages he read in the Poor Richard’s Almanac to the group of people looking for answers to becoming financially secure. The essay explains how people are responsible for creating their own success. Situation isn’t the reason some manage to create wealth and others don’t. But each individuals effort to use their time wisely allows them to be positioned to gain wealth. “Leisure us time for doing something useful; this leisure the diligent man will obtain, but the lazy man never; so that, as Poor Richard says a life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things.” The desire to have material possessions is mentioned as a reason so many never obtain financial freedom. “Many a one, for the sake of finery on the back, have gone with a hungry belly, and half-starved their families. Silks and satins, scarlet and velvets, as Poor Richard says, put out the kitchen fire.”

Notable quotes from the essay

"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"