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Acres of Diamonds

 

by Russell H. Conwell

 

December, 1995 [Etext #368]

 

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ACRES OF DIAMONDS BY

RUSSELL H. CONWELL

FOUNDER OF TEMPLE UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA _HIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS BY

ROBERT SHACKLETON_

 

With an Autobiographical Note

ACRES OF DIAMONDS CONTENTS ACRES OF DIAMONDS HIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

I. THE STORY OF THE SWORD

II. THE BEGINNING AT OLD LEXINGTON

III. STORY OF THE FIFTY-SEVEN CENTS

IV. HIS POWER AS ORATOR AND PREACHER

V. GIFT FOR INSPIRING OTHERS

VI. MILLIONS OF HEARERS

VII. HOW A UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED

VIII. HIS SPLENDID EFFICIENCY

IX. THE STORY OF “ACRES OF DIAMONDS”

FIFTY YEARS ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM

AN APPRECIATION

THOUGH Russell H. Conwell’s Acres of Diamonds have been spread all over the United States, time and care have made them more valuable, and now that they have been reset in black and white by their discoverer, they are to be laid in the hands of a multitude for their enrichment.

 

In the same case with these gems there is a fascinating story of the Master Jeweler’s life-work which splendidly illustrates the ultimate unit of power by showing what one man can do in one