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I'd be interested to know a little more about the historical context surrounding this piece - was Franklin responding to some well known problem of the time lik
by erikschoster 14y ago
I'd be interested to know a little more about the historical context surrounding this piece - was Franklin responding to some well known problem of the time like a rise in the price of candle wax or lamp oil? The essay seems like an attempt to encourage people to conserve resources using the vehicles of sarcasm and humor. I wonder how common it was at the time to wake up around noon though?
Edit: tantalor sums it up better. :-)
- tantalor 14y agoDon't know specifically, but I think lighting was much more expensive then than now.
- philwelch 14y ago> I wonder how common it was at the time to wake up around noon though? Despite all his quotes about "early to rise", Franklin was known, during his time in Paris, as a party animal. This provides a lot of context to those jokes about waking up around noon.