Two Great Men: Franklin And Jefferson

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in order to succeed. In the "The Way to Wealth," one of his most popular articles which help shape American culture, he wrote, "Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, As Poor Richard says; and he that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him, as we read in Poor Richard, who adds, drive thy business, let not that drive thee, and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise" (494). Franklin felt that a working man should be proud of his accomplishments. He writes that "a plowman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees" (496). Franklin had a sense of humor, and wrote with wit. In "Information to Those Who Would Remove to America" he writes about the observation of a black man and that "Boccarorra (meaning the white man) make de black man workee, make de horse workee, make de ox workee, make eberything workee; only de ...

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