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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