Russell Herman Conwell
Список книг автора Russell Herman ConwellTHE KEY TO SUCCESS & WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR WILL POWER
This eBook edition of «THE KEY TO SUCCESS & WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH YOUR WILL POWER» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. "This book is sent out to induce people to look at their own eyes, to pick up the gold in their laps, to study anatomy under the tutorship of their own hearts. One could accumulate great wisdom and secure fortunes by studying his own finger-nails. This lesson seems the very easiest to learn, and for that reason is the most difficult." Russell Conwell (1843-1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer.
The Greatest Works of Russell Conwell
Musaicum Books presents to you this carefully created volume of «The Greatest Works of Russell Conwell». This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The original inspiration for his most famous essay, «Acres of Diamonds», occurred in 1869 when Conwell was traveling in the Middle East. The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune—the resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community. This theme is developed by an introductory anecdote, credited by Conwell to an Arab guide, about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in futile search for them. The new owner of his home discovered that a rich diamond mine was located right there on the property. Conwell elaborates on the theme through examples of success, genius, service, or other virtues involving ordinary Americans contemporary to his audience: «dig in your own backyard!». The book has been regarded as a classic of New Thought literature since the 1870s. Russell Conwell (1843-1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds. Table of Contents: Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities The Key to Success Increasing Personal Efficiency Every Man His Own University What You Can Do With Your Will Power Health, Healing, and Faith Praying for Money Subconscious Religion Why Lincoln Laughed
Acres of Diamonds
American Baptist minister and lawyer, Russell Conwell was the founder and first President of Temple University who is best remembered for his speech, «Acres of Diamonds», in which he puts forth the idea that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, but rather all the resources for achieving success exist in ones own back yard. That inspiring speech can be found in this little volume along with a short biography of Conwell by Robert Shackleton and an autobiographical essay on his life as an orator by Conwell himself.
Acres of Diamonds (with a biography of the author by Robert Shackleton)
American Baptist minister and lawyer, Russell Conwell was the founder and first President of Temple University who is probably best remembered for his inspirational speech “Acres of Diamonds”, in which he puts forth the idea that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, but rather all the resources for achieving success exist in one’s own backyard. This idea is exemplified in the parable of a man who sells his farm and abandons his family in search of diamonds. His journey takes him far and wide but without success and ultimately defeated by his failure flings himself into the ocean. Later it is discovered that the farm he has sold has a wealth of diamonds below its soil. Additionally in this lecture Conwell asserts his belief that it is not impious to be wealthy for it is not money which is the root of all evil but the love of money above all else. Contained in this little volume is that inspirational speech, “Acres of Diamonds”, along with a short biography of Conwell by Robert Shackleton, and an autobiographical essay on his life as an orator by Conwell himself.
