○  russell conwell : acres of diamonds  ○

you. because now that the queen of england has given the greatest compliment ever conferred upon american woman for her attire because she did not appear with any jewels at all at the late reception in england, it has almost done away with the use of diamonds anyhow. all you would care for would be the few you would wear if you wish to be modest, and the rest of you would sell for money.

now then, i say again that the opportunity to get rich, to attain unto great wealth, is here in philadelphia now, within the reach of almost every man and woman who hears me speak to-night, and i mean just what i say. i have not come to this platform even under these circumstances to recite something to you. i have come to tell you what in god’s sight i believe to be the truth, and if the years of life have been of any value to me in the attainment of common sense, i know i am right; that the men and women sitting here, who found it difficult perhaps to buy a ticket to this lecture or gathering to-night, have within their reach “acres of diamonds,” opportunities to get largely wealthy. there never was a place on earth more adapted than the city of philadelphia to-day, and never in the history of the world did a poor man without capital have such an opportunity to get rich quickly and honestly as he has now in our city. i say it is the truth, and i want you to accept it as such; for if you think i have come to simply recite something, then i would better not be here. i have no time to waste in any such talk, but to say the things i believe, and unless some of you get richer for what i am saying to night my time is wasted.

i say that you ought to get rich, and it is our duty to get rich. how many of my pious brethren say to me, “do you, a christian minister, spend your time going up and down the country advising young people to get rich, to get money?” “yes, of course i do.” they say, “isn’t that awful! why don’t you preach the gospel instead of preaching about man’s maki

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