I say you ought to get rich, and it is your duty to get rich... Money is power, and you ought to be reasonably ambitious to have it! You ought because you can do more good with it than you could without it.

Russell H. Conwell

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Wealth

Speaker

Russell H. Conwell

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1882 1880s 19th century

Occupation

Clergyman Writer

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United States

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Citation

Conwell, Russell H. "Acres of Diamonds." Chautauqua circuit. c. 1882. Lecture.

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