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1. WHATEVER may be said in praise of poverty, the
fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful
life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in
talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money; for to unfold the
soul and to develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot
have these things unless he has money to buy them with.
2. A man develops in mind, soul, and body by
making use of things, and society is so organized that man must have money in
order to become the possessor of things. Therefore, the basis of all
advancement for man must be the science of getting rich. The object of all
life is development; and everything that lives have an inalienable right to
all the development it is capable of attaining. Man’s right to life means his
right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be
necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical development; or, in
other words, his right to be rich.
3. In this post, I shall not speak of riches in a
figurative way. To be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented
with a little. No man ought to be satisfied with a little, if he is capable
of using and enjoying more. The purpose of Nature is the advancement and
improvement of life. And all men and women should have all that can
contribute to the power; elegance, beauty, and richness of life. To be
content with little is sinful.
4. The man who owns all he wants in order to live
all the life he is capable of living is rich. Life has advanced so far, and
become so complex, that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a great
amount of wealth to live in a manner that even approaches completeness. Every
person naturally wants to become all that they are capable of becoming; this
desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot
help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is becoming what you
want to be; you can become what you want to be only by making use of things,
and you can have the free use of things only as you become rich enough to buy
them. To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most
essential of all knowledge.
5. There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich.
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.
6. 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
satisfied 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 function seeking performance.
7. 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 without 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. To live fully in soul, man must have love;
and love is denied expression by poverty. A man’s highest happiness is found
in bestowing benefits on those he loves. Love finds its most natural and
spontaneous expression 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.
8. 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 of 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 Getting 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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