"BE not afraid of greatness,'' says Shakespeare.'' Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. '' Which are you? I will tell you. You were born great; you can achieve greatness if you will; and if you go about it the right way, you will have greatness thrust upon you.

The mistake so many people make is to confuse greatness with riches. The great man can have all he wants, but he need not necessarily become rich. Carlyle was no more intended to be...

David Ames Wells (1828-1898), a prominent American financial economist, political activist and apostle of laissez faire, was a staunch advocate of free trade and the abolition of the tariff. "Wells wrote a large number of books, pamphlets, and articles …

His chief interests were the tariff, the theory of money and the currency question, and taxation. His discussion of all of these took character from his inspection of American economic life, which was marked in his period by progressive lo...

Three Lesson Lectures Containing “THE KERNEL” of all New Thought Teaching on “MONEY MAKING”

The purpose of these lessons is to raise the mental and spiritual vibrations of the student-to inspire hope, faith, courage-to awaken larger thought within the mind, inspire greater plans and purposes and awaken the dormant energy in the life-to fire the enthusiasm and call into active service hidden talent which the student, possibly, does not dream at his present stage of unfoldment, he posse...