POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC 



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POPE 



only recently have such regulations formed the 

 subject of scientific investigation. 



Great Britain in 1905 appointed a Royal 

 Commission for thorough study of conditions 

 in that country. That body spent four years 

 in investigation and then recommended most 

 sweeping changes in the methods employed for 

 helping dependents. The importance of the 

 subject was emphasized and the necessity of 

 applying modern methods was pointed out. In 

 the United States and Canada care of the in- 

 digent is a recognized branch of social research 

 work, supplementing state and provincial laws 

 for the relief of the needy. The ideal sought 

 'to be realized is to afford needed relief, but 

 in such a way as not to weaken the self-re- 

 spect of the recipient. 



POOR RICHARD'S ALMANAC, the name 

 given by Franklin to the almanac which he 

 published from 1732 to 1757, under the assumed 

 name of Richard Sounders. Besides the usual 

 material which an almanac contains, this publi- 

 cation of Franklin's had a large store of maxims 

 and advice on such subjects as honesty, indus- 

 frugality and patriotism. In the new coun- 

 try, where literature was none too plentiful, 

 this almanac, with its wholesome common 

 sense and its yearly sale of 10,000 copies, had 

 a wide influence. Many quotations which are 

 in everyday use are from Poor Richard's 

 Almanac; among them are the following: 



Early to bed and early to rise 

 Makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. 

 God helps them that help themselves. 

 Never leave that till tomorrow which you can 

 do to-day. 



Three removes are as bad as a fire. 

 Little strokes fell great oaks. 



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Man's rich with |jcde;..we:e;rm Judgment. true. 

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 Like Gats in Airpumps, to fubfift -wcftxive: 

 On Joys.too thin ro keep the Soul alive, 



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A PAGE FROM "POOR RICHARD'S 

 ALMANAC" 



POP CORN. Sec CORN, subhead Varieties. 



.OPE, pohp, the name of the father or 

 Roman Catholic Church, 

 great organization regards him as its 

 head, Christ being the invisible head. 

 <>f Pope was founded on the words 

 1 I say unto th.r; tint thou 

 In. h means a rock], and upon this 



vill build my Church; and the gates of 

 h. II >h:ill not prevail against it" (MaHh,u- 

 \VI. 18). The attention of every historian 

 has been attracted by the endurance of the 

 Papacy thnmuh centuries that have scm il- 

 downfall of every other European institution 

 that existed when th arose, and of a 



