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Hill, Napoleon: Think and Grow Rich, v1, 16 Sept 2007.
Done in response to a request.
The html came from sacred-texts.com, whose commentator says: This is one of the best-selling self-help books of all time. Written during the Great Depression, against a backdrop of millions of people out of work and a looming world war, Napoleon Hill's magnum opus held out hope that life could get better. While not considered part of the New Thought movement, Hill drew on many of their concepts and techniques. He prefigured the 'Prosperity Consciousness' of present-day New Age thinkers. And a host of motivational writers and speakers have followed in his footsteps. A good part of Hill's book is simply the gospel of 20th century American Capitalism: work hard, have a firm handshake, get ahead by doing quality work, treat your customers with respect, anybody can become rich and/or powerful if they overcome their personal weaknesses. Some may find the core 'secret' of this book elusive; Hill never gives us a succinct formula to acquiring wealth, although he hints that it exists. However, the title of the book is 'Think and Grow Rich,' not 'Get Rich Quick': Hill insists that we take a very detailed personal inventory, and grow spiritually, in order to draw wealth our way. This involves a developing a high level of self-discipline and obeying the Delphic injunction to 'Know Thyself'. He also incorporates a lot of good, practical business advice: find new opportunities created by technological innovations, make a written plan and keep to it, don't be afraid to fail repeatedly. The secret is here, it is just simply the sum of parts rather than an explicit roadmap. Towards the end of the book he steps off a precipice and ventures into some very esoteric territory. He discusses harnessing Kundalini energy, manifesting psychic powers such as telepathy, tapping into higher consciousness, and getting in touch with the great minds of history, although, again, he is not too specific about how to accomplish these feats. Think and Grow Rich is one of those books which makes a lasting impression. No matter what you may think of Hill's philosophy and his folksy writing style, you are bound to come away from this book feeling energized, more optimistic about life, and (possibly) a bit richer for the experience. --J. B. Hare, 7/20/2006 Copyright statement [© 1937, published 1938, currently public domain in US (see below)] Scanned at sacred-texts.com, July 2006. Proofed and formatted by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain in the United States by the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act because it was published between 1923 and 1964 inclusive, and not renewed at the US Copyright office in a timely fashion. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose, provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies. This electronic edition is not sponsored or endorsed by, or otherwise affiliated with Napoleon Hill, his family and heirs, the Napoleon Hill Foundation, the Ralston Society, or any past or present publishers of this book. Last edited by Patricia; 04-05-2008 at 10:14 PM. Reason: Moved to US server. |
09-16-2007, 09:49 AM | #2 |
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Thank you very very much!!!
The amount of support and assistance on this forum is second to none!! Thank you very much Patricia for the upload! |
09-17-2007, 05:00 PM | #3 |
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Great minds think alike
I just did my own version on the same day! 9/16/07! Since it is pretty much the same as the version posted here, I am not going to post it. My version doesn't have the last section of yours: This standing army is at your service. However, I want to point out an error in Chapter 15. There is a note regarding the six basic fears: at the bottom of most of one's worries. In my version it is after the first three fears, not just the first one. It is formated like this: The fear of POVERTY } at the bottom of The fear of CRITICISM } most of one's The fear of ILL HEALTH } worries |
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if thinking was all that was involved i'd be very rich
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10-01-2007, 04:32 PM | #5 |
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Improved version
OK. I like this version better than the one I did because it keeps all Italic style, which is important to reading such a book.
I have attached an improved version, with proper open and closing quotation marks, etc. and also corrected the error I mentioned in my previous post. I did it by converting to lrs, editing and converting back. |
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Well, this is a modified version based on the one posted on this thread. I think it is appropriate to post it here. If you unapproved it, so be it.
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Since Mdhuang already has a version of this book uploaded (--haven't we all?) he might be best putting his new version there.
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10-01-2007, 09:37 PM | #10 |
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I wouldn't mind posting it somewhere else. I just don't want to take credit because it was not created by me originally. Anyway, case closed.
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