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Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities

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Acres of Diamonds: Our Every-day Opportunities

Russell H. Conwell and Robert Shackleton

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The full Acres of Diamonds, with Robert Shackleton's life of Russell Conwell attached: the story of the sword, the beginning at old Lexington, and how one speech built Temple University. The message stays simple: every-day opportunities beat far-off fortunes. Get the address and the remarkable man behind it in one volume. Then go look around your own backyard.

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18 chapters

  1. 1ACRES OF DIAMONDS
  2. 2Founder Of Temple University Philadelphia
  3. 3His Life And Achievement By Robert Shackleton
  4. 4With an Autobiographical Note
  5. 5AN APPRECIATION
  6. 6ACRES OF DIAMONDS
  7. 7ACRES OF DIAMONDS
  8. 8HIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
  9. 9I. THE STORY OF THE SWORD
  10. 10II. THE BEGINNING AT OLD LEXINGTON
  11. 11III. STORY OF THE FIFTY-SEVEN CENTS
  12. 12IV. HIS POWER AS ORATOR AND PREACHER
  13. 13V. GIFT FOR INSPIRING OTHERS
  14. 14VI. MILLIONS OF HEARERS
  15. 15VII. HOW A UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED
  16. 16VIII. HIS SPLENDID EFFICIENCY
  17. 17IX. THE STORY OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS
  18. 18FIFTY YEARS ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM
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