○  russell conwell : acres of diamonds  ○

idolizes simply money, the miser that hordes his money in the cellar, or hides it in his staking, or refuses to invest it where it will do the world good, that man who hugs the dollar until the eagle squeals has in him the root of all evil.

i think i will leave that behind me now and answer the question of nearly all of you who are asking, “is there opportunity to get rich in philadelphia?” well, now, how simple a thing it is to see where it is, and the instant you see where it is it is yours. some old gentleman gets up back there and says, “mr. conwell, have you lived in philadelphia for thirty-one years and don’t know that the time has gone by when you can make anything in this city?” “no, i don’t think it is.” “yes, it is; i have tried it.”

“what business are you in?” “i kept a store here for twenty years, and never made a thousand dollars in the whole twenty years.” “well, then, you can measure the good you have been to this city by what this city has paid you, because a man can judge very well what he is worth by what he receives’ that is, in what he is to the world at this time. if you have not made over a thousand dollars in twenty years in philadelphia, it would have been better for philadelphia if they had kicked you out of the city nineteen years and nine months ago. a man has no right to keep a store in philadelphia twenty years and not make at least five hundred thousand dollars, even thought it be a corner grocery-up-town.” you say, “you cannot make five hundred thousand dollars in a store now.” oh, my friends, if you will just take only four blocks around you, and find out what the people want and what you ought to supply them, you would very soon see it. there is wealth right within the sound of your voice.

some one says: “you don’t know anything about business. a preacher never knows a thing about business.” well, then i will have to prove that i am an expert. i don’t like to do this, but i have to do it because my testimony will n

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