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Show Franklin Ranks High as Apostle of Thrift Who does not remember Henjnmin Franklin's advice: "Don't give too nuieh for the whistle"? And by tbnt he meant don't gtvp more of thoiiRht or time or money Tor anything than It, Is worth. Ills unbuppy experience with the whistle marked the beginning begin-ning oC Franklin's great work In the cause of thrift, the Thrift Magazine recalls. lie had few hooks but was determined deter-mined to have an education. Many u time be would sil up nearly ull night reading by candlelight. To buy more books, 1'i-anklin made a bargain with bis brother, to whom he was appren-. appren-. tleed, hy which he would board himself him-self on half the money it had been costing. Then he did without lish anil meat, lived on a cheap vegetable diet and Invested bis savings In worthwhile worth-while books. lie never attended a college or even n high school. He went to a primitive primi-tive grammar school but two years and yet he was one of the best educated edu-cated men of bis day. He found time to write books, to study science, to Invent. No one ever exemplified the value of thrift In time more than did Franklin. Ills "wise saws" on time-saving, time-saving, such as "Since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not -away an hour," are known to all. |