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Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities
Russell H. Conwell · Robert Shackleton
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Russell Conwell's classic self-help lecture argues that opportunities for success lie within one's own circumstances rather than in distant places, illustrated through the parable of a man who sold his farm to seek diamonds elsewhere. Readers interested in motivational philosophy and the history of American self-improvement literature will find it valuable.
Russell H. Conwell
Russell Herman Conwell was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, author, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, as the Pastor of The Baptist Temple, and for his inspirational lecture, "Acres of Diamonds". He was born in South Worthington, Massachusetts.
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