The Wit and Wisdom of Ben Franklin: An A-Z Lexicon of Quotations By Benjamin Franklin – Edited by Alex Ayres – covering a wide variety of subjects, including Advice, Business, Conversational Manners, Marriage, Money, Older Women, Savings, Taxes, Writing, and many more topics – a comprehensive collection culled from 25 years of editions of Poor Richards, as well as his Autobiography, letters, and other writings. Also included are the complete essays "On Getting Riches" and "The Way to Wealth." Plus references, illustrations and portraits. The philosophy popularized by Franklin – "Franklinomics" – was the original American success credo, extolling the virtues of frugality, saving, self-improvement, integrity, and ingenuity. Isn't this a dose of the medicine we need now more than ever? You can read the wise and witty advice, the timeless and timely sayings of the great American sage whose face adorns the hundred dollar bill. Here is the genius of common sense, with a dash of wit and a touch of modern cynicism. What would Ben Franklin say today? Look it up in The Wit and Wisdom of Ben Franklin, a Quotable Wisdom Book.
Benjamin Franklin was an important conservative figure in the American Restoration Movement, especially as the leading antebellum conservative in the northern United States branch of the movement. He is notable as the early and lifelong mentor of Daniel Sommer, whose support of the 1889 Sand Creek Declaration set in motion events which led to the formal division of the Churches of Christ from the Disciples of Christ in 1906.
According to contemporary biographies "His early religious training was according to the Methodist faith, though he never belonged to any church until he united with the Disciples."
In 1856, Franklin began to publish the ultra-conservative American Christian Review, which he published until his death in 1878. Its influence, initially considerable, was said to have waned following the American Civil War. Franklin undertook a rigorous program of publication correspondence, and traveling lectures which took him to "many" U. S. states and Canada.
Franklin's last move was to Anderson, Indiana, where he lived from 1864 until his death.
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