Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 2 of 2] / With his Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical, Selected with Care from All His Published Productions, and Comprising Whatever Is Most Entertaining and Valuable to the General Reader

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MEMOIRS
OF
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN;
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
WITH HIS
MOST INTERESTING ESSAYS, LETTERS, AND MISCELLANEOUS
WRITINGS; FAMILIAR, MORAL, POLITICAL,
ECONOMICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL.
SELECTED WITH CARE
FROM ALL HIS PUBLISHED PRODUCTIONS, AND COMPRISING
WHATEVER IS MOST ENTERTAINING AND VALUABLE
TO THE GENERAL READER.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II

NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1860.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by
HĵǡǙŧǡ & BǡLjǵƒŧǡǪ,
In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.
CONTENTS
OF
THE SECOND VOLUME.
ESSAYS.
Page
The Way to Wealth; as clearly shown in the practice
of an old Pennsylvania Almanac, entitled, "Poor
Richard Improved"
5
On True Happiness
14
Public Men
16
The Waste of Life
22
Self-denial not the Essence of Virtue
25
On the Usefulness of the Mathematics
27
The Art of procuring Pleasant Dreams
31
Advice to a young Tradesman
37
Rules of Health
39

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