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Includes Conwell's 'Acres of Diamonds' and Robert Shackleton's 'His Life and Achievements'. 'Acres of Diamonds' is a lecture that Russell Conwell, founder of Temple University, delivered more than 6,000 times across the country. Through this lecture, Conwell debunks the idea that it is noble to be poor, an idea that far too many Christians share. He illustrates that it is our duty as Christians to use our gifts to honestly earn riches, because you can do more good with riches than without. Conwell successfully illustrates the difference between the popular expression 'money is the root of all evil' and the complete Biblical passage which states 'the love of money is the root of all evil'. The love of money is idolatry, but money itself is neither good nor evil. It is simply a tool which may be used for either good or evil. In these pages we learn the virtues of earning money through honest, hard work. We learn to look for opportunities to serve others in our own back yard by simply finding a need and filling it. If you wish to be great, begin with who you are right now, where you are right now. Follow these principles, and you will uncover your own acres of diamonds. Larry Hehn, Author of 'Get the Prize: Nine Keys for a Life of Victory'.

Russell Herman Conwell (February 15, 1843 - December 6, 1925) was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, 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". The original inspiration for "Acres of Diamonds", his most famous essay, occurred in 1869 when Conwell was traveling in the Middle East. The work began as a speech, "at first given," wrote Conwell in 1913, "before a reunion of my old comrades of the Forty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment, which served in the Civil War and in which I was captain." It was first published in book form in 1890 by the John Y. Huber Company of Philadelphia.

如今，成功的机会与 时代一样多，即使不是更多，因为他们首先是在自己的良心中被发现的。 通过他的事奉和"一切皆有可能"的哲学，康威尔为无数人打开了机遇之门。 英亩的钻石呼应了他的核心信念：我们每个人都被置于地球上，其主要目的是帮助他人。 如今，成功的机会与 时代一样多，即使不是更多，因为他们首先是在自己的良心中被发现的。 通过他的事奉和"一切皆有可能"的哲学，康威尔为无数人打开了机遇之门。 英亩的钻石呼应了他的核心信念：我们每个人都被置于地球上，其主要目的是帮助他人。 如今，成功的机会与 时代一样多，即使不是更多，因为他们首先是在自己的良心中被发现的。 通过他的事奉和"一切皆有可能"的哲学，康威尔为无数人打开了机遇之门。 英亩的钻石呼应了他的核心信念：我们每个人都被置于地球上，其主要目的是帮助他人。

"Me sorprende que tanta gente desee escuchar esta historia una y otra vez. De hecho, esta conferencia se ha convertido en un modelo de la psicolog a moderna y sigue siendo la conferencia m s popular que he ofrecido en los cincuenta y siete a os de vida p blica. Los "Acres de Diamantes" que he mencionado a trav s de tantos a os se encuentran en cualquier pa s, ciudad o pueblo donde usted viva, y descubrirlos es responsabilidad de cada uno de nosotros. Muchas personas ya los han descubierto, y los xitos que han logrado aprendiendo y poniendo en pr ctica estos conocimientos, cualquier otro ser humano lo puede hacer. No he podido encontrar nada mejor para ilustrar mi forma de pensar que esta historia que he narrado, una y otra vez, durante tantos a os". -Russell H. Conwell

Although the story "Acres of Diamonds" is now world famous, it is only a part of the original lecture Conwell delivered. Here is the full-text of Acres of Diamonds, an Unabridged Edition to include the Original Illustrations, with an Appreciation by John Wanamaker, and an Introduction by the author.