who does this will
certainly get rich; for the science herein applied is an exact
science, and failure is impossible. For the benefit, however, of
those who wish to investigate philosophical theories and so
secure a logical basis for faith
, I will here cite certain
authorities.
The monistic theory of the universe
-
the theory that One is All,
and that All is One, that one Substance manifests itself as the
seeming many elements of the material world
-
is of Hindu
origin, and has been gradu
ally winning its way into the thought
of the western world for two hundred years. It is the foundation
of all the Oriental philosophies, and of those of Descartes,
Spinoza, Leibnitz, Schopenhauer, Hegel, and Emerson.
The reader who would dig to the philo
sophical foundations of
this is advised to read Hegel and Emerson for himself.
In writing this book I have sacrificed all other considerations to
plainness and simplicity of style, so that all might understand.
The plan of action laid down herein was ded
uced from the
conclusions of philosophy; it has been thoroughly tested, and
bears the supreme test of practical experiment; it works. If you
wish to know how the conclusions were arrived at, read the
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writings of the authors mentioned above; and if you wish
to
reap the fruits of their philosophies in actual practice, read this
book and do exactly as it tells you to do.
The Author
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The Right To Be Rich
WHATEVER may be said in
praise of poverty, the fact remains
that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life
unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible
height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of
money; for to unfold the soul
and to develop talent he must
have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless
he has money to buy them with.
A man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of
things, and society is so organized that man must have money in
order to
become the possessor of things; therefore, the basis of
all advancement for man must be the science of getting rich.
The object of all life is development; and everything that lives
has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of
attain
ing.
Man's right to life means his right to have the free and
unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his
fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment; or, in other
words, his right to be rich.
In this book, I shall not speak
of riches in a figurative way; to be
really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a
little. No man ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable
of using and enjoying more. The purpose of Nature is the
advancement and unfoldment of l
ife; and every man should
have all that can contribute to the power; elegance, beauty, and
richness of life; to be content with less is sinful.
The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he
is capable of living is rich; and no man who h
as not plenty of
money can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far, and
become so complex, that even the most ordinary man or woman
requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner
that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally
wants to become all that they are capable of becoming; this
desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature;
we cannot help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life
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is becoming what you want to be; you can become what you
want
to be only by making use of things, and you can have the
free use of things only as you become rich enough to buy them.
To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most
essential of all knowledge.
There
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