The Wealth of Actions

Tell our good friend, Dr. Prince, not to be in any pains for us, (because I remember he had his doubts) we are all firm and united. As I know he is a great calculator I will give him some data to work upon: ministry [England's colonial ministry] have made a campaign here, which has cost two millions, they have gained a mile of ground; they have lost half of it back again, they have lost fifteen hundred men, and killed one hundred and fifty Yankees. In the meantime we have had between sixty and seventy thousand children born. Ask him how long it will take for England to conquer America? - Benjamin Franklin, 1774    

An old song from the vaults of the esteemed Benjamin Franklin.   ___________________________________________ The Antediluvians Were All Very Sober The Antediluvians were all very sober For they had no Wine, and they brewed no October; All wicked, bad Livers, on Mischief still thinkinga For there can't be good Living where there is not good drinking, Derry Down 'Twas honest old Noah first planted the Vine, And mended his Morals by drinking its Wine; He justly the drinking of Water decried; For he knew that all Mankind, by drinking it, died. Derry Down From this Piece of History's plainly we find That Water's good neither for Body or Mind; That Virtue and Safety in Wine-bibbing's found While all that drink Water deserved to be drowned. Derry down So For Safety and Honesty put the Glass round. __________________________________________     Antediluvians:  Existing before the flood (the Noachian deluge) recorded in Genesis; relating to the times or events before the Noa...