Puritan ethic

The wisdom was largely borrowed from the Puritan ethic, which Franklin had gleaned from the writings of Cotton Mather and from his own father, who was fond of quoting a line from Solomon: “Seest thou a Man diligent in his Calling, he shall stand before Kings.”

Enough about the Anglos whose Puritan ethic shaped the early republic!

The Puritan ethic is still alive and many adults are uncomfortable talking about sex to young people.

The Puritan ethic did a lot more than promote capitalism.

"Mormonism is kind of like the Puritan ethic on high," says Nathan Furr, assistant professor of entrepreneurship at BYU's Marriott School.