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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.




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