ItwouldbethoughtahardGovernmentthatshouldtaxitsPeopleone-tenthPartoftheirTime, , ifwereckonallthatisspentinabsoluteSloth, ordoingofnothing, withthatwhichisspentinidleEmploymentsorAmusements, , bybringingonDiseases, , likeRust, consumesfasterthanLaborwears; whiletheusedkeyisalwaysbright, , thendonotsquanderTime, forthat'sthestuffLifeismadeof, , forgettingthatThesleepingFoxcatchesnoPoultry, andthatTherewillbesleepingenoughintheGrave, asPoorRichardsays.
FatherAbrahaminhisSTUDYwiththefollowingtext:
TheShadeofHimwhoCounselcanbestow,
Stillpleas’dtoteach, andyetnotproudtoknow;
Unbias’dorbyFavourorbySpite;
Nordullyprepossess’d, norblindlyright;
Tholearn’d, well-bred; and, thowell-bred, sincere;
Modestlybold, andhumanelysevere;
WhotoaFriendhisFaultscansweetlyshow.
AndgladlypraisetheMeritofaFoe.
Here, therehesits, hischearfulAidtolend;
Afirm, unshaken, uncorruptedFriend,
Aversealiketoflatteroroffend.
PrintedbyBenjaminMecom, attheNewPrinting-Office, (neartheTown-House, inBoston) whereBOOKSareSold, andPRINTING-WORKdone, Cheap.
He’srarelywarminCensureorinPraise:
Good-Nature, Wit, andJudgmentroundhimwait;
Andthushesitsinthron’dinClassick-State:
ToFailingsmild, butzealousforDesert;
TheclearestHead, andthesincerestHeart.
FewMendeserveourPassioneitherWays.
