Excerpt from The Works of Benjamin Franklin, Vol. 10: Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts, Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; With Notes and a Life of the Author With regard to the future establishment of your chil dren, which you say you want to consult me about, I am still of opinion, that America will afford you more chances of doing it well than England. All the means of good education are plenty there, the general man ners are simple and pure, temptations to vice and follv fewer, the profits of industry in business as great and sure as in England: and there is one advantage more, which your command of money will give you there, I mean the laying out a part of your fortune in new land, now to be had extremely cheap; but which must be increased immensely in value, before your children come of age, by the rapid population of the countrv. If you should arrive there while I live, you know you may depend on every assistance in my power to afford you, and I think my children will have a pleasure too in serving their father's friend. I do not offer it as a motive, that you will be much esteemed and respected there; for that you are, and must be, everywhere: but give me leave to flatter myself, that my being made happier in my last years by your neighbourhood and society may be some inducement to you. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.