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Ben Franklin on Gregorian Calendar, Find Quote
Please help me find the original quote that this anecdote was taken from. It was given to me in another language and I translated it back into English. I prefer to have the original quote. I couldn't find it online.
When Britain and its colonies switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, Benjamin Franklin, who was then 46, didn't think about losing 10 days. He looked on the bright side, and advised his readers to do the same. He gave the following advice to readers of his newspaper, Poor Richard's Almanac: Do not to look upon the loss of 10 days with wonder or scorn. Do not regret the removal of 10 days from the calendar. All those who love sleep can console themselves by thinking about how wonderful it will be to go to bed on the second of the month and to sleep until the morning of the 14th.
When Britain and its colonies switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in 1752, Benjamin Franklin, who was then 46, didn't think about losing 10 days. He looked on the bright side, and advised his readers to do the same. He gave the following advice to readers of his newspaper, Poor Richard's Almanac: Do not to look upon the loss of 10 days with wonder or scorn. Do not regret the removal of 10 days from the calendar. All those who love sleep can console themselves by thinking about how wonderful it will be to go to bed on the second of the month and to sleep until the morning of the 14th.
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[nq:1]Please help me find the original quote that this anecdote was taken from. It was given to me in another ... [/nq] You're the one who asked us three months ago didn't you get our replies?
- [nq:1]Please help me find the original quote that this anecdote was taken from.
- It was given to me in another ...
- [/nq] You're the one who asked us three months ago didn't you get our replies?
- html Be not astonished, nor look with scorn, dear reader, at such a deduction of days, nor regret as for the loss of so much time, but take this for your consolation, that your expenses will appear lighter and your mind be more at ease.
- And what an indulgence is here, for those who love their pillow to lie down in Peace on the second of this month and not perhaps awake till the morning of the fourteenth.
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[nq:1]Please help me find the original quote that this anecdote was taken from. It was given to me in another ... be to go to bed on the second of the month and to sleep until the morning of the 14th.[/nq]
You're the one who asked us three months ago didn't you get our replies? Our searcher extraordinaire Ben Zimmer found this:
You're the one who asked us three months ago didn't you get our replies? Our searcher extraordinaire Ben Zimmer found this:
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