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Extrait de « La Vie de Benjamin Franklin écrite par lui-même
À présent que tout le monde se plaint de la rareté de l’argent, c’est un acte de bienfaisance que d’apprendre à ceux qui n’ont pas le sou, comment ils peuvent faire cesser leur pénurie. Je veux leur dire quel est le vrai secret de gagner de l’argent, le moyen certain de remplir leur bourse et de la conserver toujours pleine. Pour cela, il suffit d’observer deux règles très-simples.
Premièrement, sois constamment probe et laborieux.
Secondement, dépense toujours un sou de moins que tu ne gagnes.
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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