Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell ~ Full Audiobook [self help]

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07/26/22

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279m

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Acres of Diamonds by Russell H. Conwell audiobook.

Genre: self help

One of the most requested motivational lectures of all time. 'I say that you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich ... The men who get rich may be the most honest men you find in the community. Let me say here clearly ... ninety-eight out of one hundred of the rich men of America are honest. That is why they are rich. That is why they are trusted with money. That is why they carry on great enterprises and find plenty of people to work with them. It is because they are honest men. .' The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune—the resources to achieve all good things are present in one's own community; look in your own backyard for those acres of diamonds. This theme is developed by an introductory anecdote, credited by Conwell to an Arab guide, about a man who wanted to find diamonds so badly that he sold his property and went off in futile search for them. The new owner of his home discovered that a rich diamond mine was located right there on the property. Conwell elaborates on the theme through examples of success, genius, service, or other virtues involving ordinary Americans contemporary to his audience: 'dig in your own backyard!'.

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:21:56) Chapter 02

(00:44:02) Chapter 03

(01:06:26) Chapter 04

(01:34:28) Chapter 05

(01:53:44) Chapter 06

(02:19:59) Chapter 07

(02:36:37) Chapter 08

(02:54:38) Chapter 09

(03:18:02) Chapter 10

(03:41:52) Chapter 11

(04:00:08) Chapter 12

(04:15:45) Chapter 13

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(00:20:06) Chapter 2

(00:46:04) Chapter 3

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The Coming Race by Edward George Bulwer-Lytton ~ Full Audiobook [scifi]

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Genre: scifi

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (1803-1873) was an English novelist, poet, playright, and politician. Lord Lytton was a florid, popular writer of his day, who coined such phrases as 'the great unwashed', 'pursuit of the almighty dollar', 'the pen is mightier than the sword', and the infamous incipit 'It was a dark and stormy night.' .

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Chapters (Approximate)

(00:00:00) Chapter 01

(00:13:21) Chapter 02

(00:21:20) Chapter 03

(00:48:13) Chapter 04

(01:08:32) Chapter 05

(01:35:52) Chapter 06

(01:54:11) Chapter 07

(02:15:46) Chapter 08

(02:30:04) Chapter 09

(02:57:11) Chapter 10