is nothing wrong in wanting to get r
ich. The desire for
riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant
life; and that desire is praise worthy. The man who does not
desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the man who
does not desire to have money enough to buy
all he wants is
abnormal.
There are three motives for which we live; we live for the body,
we live for the mind, we live for the soul. No one of these is
better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and no one
of the three
--
body, mind, or
soul
--
can live fully if either of
the others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not right
or noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body; and it
is wrong to live for the intellect and deny body or soul.
We are all acquainted with
the loathsome consequences of
living for the body and denying both mind and soul; and we see
that
real
life means the complete expression of all that man can
give forth through body, mind, and soul. Whatever he can say,
no man can be really happy or satis
fied unless his body is living
fully in every function, and unless the same is true of his mind
and his soul. Wherever there is unexpressed possibility, or
function not performed, there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is
possibility seeking expression, or fu
nction seeking performance.
Man cannot live fully in body without good food, comfortable
clothing, and warm shelter; and without freedom from excessive
toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to his physical life .
He cannot live fully in mind wit
hout books and time to study
them, without opportunity for travel and observation, or without
intellectual companionship.
To live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations, and
must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty he
is
capable of using and appreciating.
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To live fully in soul, man must have love; and love is denied
expression by poverty.
A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits
on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous
expres
sion in giving. The man who has nothing to give cannot
fill his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man. It
is in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his
body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore o
f
supreme importance to him that he should be rich.
It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich; if you are a
normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It is perfectly
right that you should give your best attention to the Science of
Getti
ng Rich, for it is the noblest and most necessary of all
studies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty
to yourself, to God and humanity; for you can render to God
and humanity no greater service than to make the most of
yourself.
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Ther
e is A Science of Getting Rich
THERE is a Science of getting rich, and it is an exact science,
like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern
the process of acquiring riches; once these laws are learned and
obeyed by any man, he will get
rich with mathematical
certainty.
The ownership of money and property comes as a result of
doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this
Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich;
while those who do not do things in this Cert
ain Way, no matter
how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor.
It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects;
and, therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in
this certain way will infallibly get rich.
That the a
bove statement is true is shown by the following facts:
Getting rich is not a matter of environment, for, if it were, all
the people in certain neighborhoods would become wealthy; the
people of one city would all be rich, while those of other towns
would
all be poor; or the inhabitants of one state would roll in
wealth, while those of an adjoining state would be in poverty.
But everywhere we see rich and poor living side by side, in the
same environment, and often engaged in the same vocations.
When
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