The book Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-Day Opportunities was written by author Conwell, Russell Herman, 1843-1925 Here you can read free online of Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-Day Opportunities book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-Day Opportunities a good or bad book?
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" He went to Boston and applied for his patent, andevery one of you that has a rubber-tipped pencil in your pocket is nowpaying tribute to the millionaire. No capital, not a penny did he investin it. All was income, all the way up into the millions. But let me hasten to one other greater thought. "Show me the great menand women who live in Philadelphia. " A gentleman over there will get upand say: "We don't have any great men in Philadelphia. They don'tlive here. They live away off in Rome or S...t. Petersburg or London orManayunk, or anywhere else but here in our town. " I have come now to theapex of my thought. I have come now to the heart of the whole matter andto the center of my struggle: Why isn't Philadelphia a greater city inits greater wealth? Why does New York excel Philadelphia? People say, "Because of her harbor. " Why do many other cities of the United Statesget ahead of Philadelphia now? There is only one answer, and that isbecause our own people talk down their own city. If there ever wasa community on earth that has to be forced ahead, it is the city ofPhiladelphia.
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