XII Mon. February hath xxviii days. Man's rich with little, were his Judgment.true, MW Remarkable Days, HDO rifes Lunations, 2 EStragesima. 32 fant, with 43 ΔΕΟ wind 5 47 fet 10 and 65 perhaps fome tain 6 D 87 9 E Shrove Sunday.. 9 16 476 10196 46 with Sirius fo. 8 41 2 246 39 6 rife 5 32 36 38 6New 9 day, rifes 138 3h 186 37 6 at 3 morn. 113 Shrove Tueday 4 V6 35 6 with, & q. 12 4h-Wednesdays 126 34 6 D fets 8 56 af. 13 5h 14 6 Balenting. clouds with 47 18 3 wind and 19 4Ember Deek. 20 500 rain 21 6 or fnow. 22 7 then change E Sh236 3 6 Health, is a mo 126 22 6h rises 8 11 186 20 64 quarrelome 24 day, 22 2 Sund.inLent.26 19 6 Man has to good 24 2 St.Jatthias. 3 186 18 6 Full The page here given in facsimile is from the almanac for 1746. The copy from which it is taken belonged to Edward THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WITH NOTES AND A CHAPTER COMPLETING THE PART II. FROM 1732 TO 1757; WITH A SKETCH OF FRANKLIN'S LIFE FROM THE POINT AT WHICH HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY ENDS, CHIEFLY DRAWN FROM HIS LETTERS 973.3 677277 Copyright, 1886, BY HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO. All rights reserved. The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A. VI. SELF-EDUCATION. HAVING mentioned a great and extensive project which I had conceived, it seems proper that some account should be here given of that project and its object. Its first rise in my mind appears in the following little paper, accidentally preserved, viz. : Observations on my reading history, in Library, May 19, 1731. "That the great affairs of the world, the wars, revolutions, etc., are carried on and affected by parties. "That the view of these parties is their present general interest, or what they take to be such. "That the different views of these different parties occasion all confusion. "That while a party is carrying on a general design, each man has his particular private interest in view. "That as soon as a party has gained its general point, each member becomes intent upon his particular interest; which, thwarting others, breaks that party into divisions, and occasions more confusion. "That few in public affairs act from a mere view of the good of their country, whatever they may pretend; and, though their actings bring real good to their country, yet men primarily considered that their own and their country's interest was united, and did not act from a principle of benevolence. |