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<v Speaker 1>Success habits by Napoleon Hill two, Mastering Your Definite Purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back, ladies and gentlemen. Tonight I will discuss how

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<v Speaker 1>important this principle of definiteness of purpose is and how

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<v Speaker 1>you can apply it to achieve success. Ladies and gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 1>you may be interested in knowing why I am so

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<v Speaker 1>positive in connection with my statements about this principle and

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<v Speaker 1>about all the principles I will discuss in upcoming broadcasts.

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<v Speaker 1>I want you to know that each and every one

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<v Speaker 1>of these principles that you will be studying here has

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<v Speaker 1>been checked and double checked by the laws of nature.

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<v Speaker 1>When you can get confirmation of the soundness of a

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<v Speaker 1>principle by going to nature herself, you're not going to

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<v Speaker 1>go wrong. I want to give you an idea of

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<v Speaker 1>the extent and the scope to which Nature goes in

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<v Speaker 1>making use of this lesson that we're dealing with tonight,

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<v Speaker 1>definiteness of purpose. Our greatest demonstration of the universal application

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<v Speaker 1>of the principle of definiteness of purpose may be seen

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<v Speaker 1>by observing how Nature applies it. Of all, it is

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<v Speaker 1>seen in the orderliness of the universe and the interrelation

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<v Speaker 1>of all of the natural laws isn't it a marvelous

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<v Speaker 1>thing to know that this small ball of mud on

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<v Speaker 1>which we live revolving around the Sun entirely every three

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<v Speaker 1>hundred and sixty five days, keeping its proper distance from

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<v Speaker 1>all of the other planets and from the Sun. Isn't

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<v Speaker 1>it a marvelous thing to know that all of it

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<v Speaker 1>is organized? When the sun goes down in the evening,

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<v Speaker 1>we go to sleep knowing that it's going to arise

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<v Speaker 1>again in the east next morning. So far as I've

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<v Speaker 1>been able to understand and hear, the sun never has

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<v Speaker 1>failed to come up after it went down in the evening.

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<v Speaker 1>I have known of many cloudy times when you couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>see it here in Missouri, but it was there just

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<v Speaker 1>the same. The orderliness of things goes to prove, beyond

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<v Speaker 1>any question of a doubt, that there is a first

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<v Speaker 1>principle or cause back of it all, and that nature

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<v Speaker 1>is very definite in carrying out that plan. How many

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<v Speaker 1>billions or trillions or quadrillions of years this old planet

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<v Speaker 1>has been floating around according to a definite plan, nobody knows,

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<v Speaker 1>but we do know there's something definite about it, and

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<v Speaker 1>nature doesn't allow that definiteness to be interfered with by

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<v Speaker 1>any force whatsoever. Yes, And we see the definiteness of

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<v Speaker 1>nature in the fixation of all of the stars and

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<v Speaker 1>planets and their immovable relationship to one another. That relationship

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<v Speaker 1>is so definite, ladies and gentlemen, that the astronomers can

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<v Speaker 1>figure and foretell hundreds of years in advance the approximate

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<v Speaker 1>relationship of any two given stars or planets at a

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<v Speaker 1>given time. You couldn't do that if there wasn't a

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<v Speaker 1>definite plan of operation being carried on by nature. And

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<v Speaker 1>then you see it in the operation of the law

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<v Speaker 1>of gravitation without cessation anywhere for any purpose whatsoever. Have

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<v Speaker 1>you ever heard of the law of gravitation being stopped

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<v Speaker 1>or anyone violating it without ill effects? It's there, It's definite,

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<v Speaker 1>It never varies in any form whatsoever. You can adjust

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<v Speaker 1>yourself to it, and it becomes very helpful, but if

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<v Speaker 1>you don't adjust yourself to it, it can become very destructive.

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<v Speaker 1>You see it in the overall balancing of life on

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<v Speaker 1>this earth, so that no single species may dominate. Do

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<v Speaker 1>you know that the human race wouldn't last twelve months

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<v Speaker 1>if nature didn't have a definite plan for balancing the insects,

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<v Speaker 1>and the birds, and a great variety of things smaller

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<v Speaker 1>in importance than human beings. Sometimes she sends an epidemic

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<v Speaker 1>of grashoppers that do a great deal of damage. But

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<v Speaker 1>in a little while a flock of birds, gulls or

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<v Speaker 1>something else come over and gorge themselves on those grashoppers

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<v Speaker 1>to keep that balance going properly. Some time ago, some

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<v Speaker 1>people brought some starlings over here, I believe, from England,

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<v Speaker 1>with the intention of destroying some insect that the starlings

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<v Speaker 1>like to feed on. But Nature didn't like that unbalancing

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<v Speaker 1>of her affairs, and so she multiplied those starlings very rapidly,

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<v Speaker 1>and they now have become a nuisance. I could put

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<v Speaker 1>an adjective in front of that word nuisance if I

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<v Speaker 1>wanted to. When you start interfering with Nature's over balancing

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<v Speaker 1>of things, you get into trouble, because she has a

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<v Speaker 1>definite plan of keeping everything in balance according to her

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<v Speaker 1>overall intentions. This ought to be a cue to human beings.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you see it in the process of evolution, through

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<v Speaker 1>which the operation of everything in existence, whether animate or inanimate,

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<v Speaker 1>is the outgrowth of something of the same nature which preceded.

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<v Speaker 1>It isn't that an interesting thing? Did you ever hear

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<v Speaker 1>of a farmer planting wheat and going out and being

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<v Speaker 1>surprised to know that corn had come up instead of wheat? No,

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<v Speaker 1>you never did. Nature has a definite way of causing

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<v Speaker 1>everything that reproduces itself to reproduce something very closely akin

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<v Speaker 1>to its ancestors. That applies to human beings the same

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<v Speaker 1>as everything else. Nature doesn't vary in her definiteness in

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<v Speaker 1>carrying out these laws, And it is seen in the

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<v Speaker 1>impossibility of creating or destroying either matter or energy, or

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<v Speaker 1>the modification of the amount of either. Isn't it an

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<v Speaker 1>a astounding thing to recognize that you can't destroy energy

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<v Speaker 1>or matter. You can't decrease or increase the amount of either.

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<v Speaker 1>You can transform them from one state to another, but

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<v Speaker 1>you cannot interfere with the amount. When you use up

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<v Speaker 1>a certain amount of energy, Nature has a way of

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<v Speaker 1>replenishing it and balancing her storehouse of it. She doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>allow you to run out of the use of electricity.

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<v Speaker 1>For instance, some one said to me some time ago, well,

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<v Speaker 1>some of these days all of this electricity'll be used up,

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<v Speaker 1>and then what's going to happen. That would be a catastrophe,

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<v Speaker 1>wouldn't it. Ladies and gentlemen, don't worry. That's not going

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<v Speaker 1>to happen. Nature has everything throughout the universe balanced, and

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<v Speaker 1>her plans are set, her laws are fixed. She doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>change her mind and decide one day that she'll have

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<v Speaker 1>the sun come up and the next day that she'll

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<v Speaker 1>not have it come up. She doesn't get careless and

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<v Speaker 1>allow our Earth to come into contact with some other

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<v Speaker 1>planet and cause a smash up. Almost every year we

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<v Speaker 1>see some excitement in the newspapers about a group of

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<v Speaker 1>misguided and unfortunate people who predict the ending of the world. Generally,

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<v Speaker 1>they dispense with all of their worldly goods, let other

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<v Speaker 1>people cheat them out of them, get up on top

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<v Speaker 1>of houses and in trees, and get ready for the

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<v Speaker 1>ascension to well wherever it is their going, because the

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<v Speaker 1>world's coming to an end. I've seen that happen, I

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<v Speaker 1>think six times during my lifetime. And this old world

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<v Speaker 1>is rolling right along, just like it was the first

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<v Speaker 1>time I ever observed it. I suspect it'll be rolling

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<v Speaker 1>along in the same way for a long time to come.

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<v Speaker 1>If you want to get a good idea of the

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<v Speaker 1>importance of definiteness. He should watch nature in everything she does,

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<v Speaker 1>and you'll get some very fine ideas. You should also

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<v Speaker 1>observe the profoundly ingenious system of the human mind, which

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<v Speaker 1>has been so definitely fixed through its design, that every

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<v Speaker 1>individual may project himself into circumstances of the life of

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<v Speaker 1>his own choice. He may fix the space he shall

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<v Speaker 1>occupy as an individual, and determine in many respects, his

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<v Speaker 1>own earthly destiny, this being the only thing over which

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<v Speaker 1>any individual has complete control. Isn't it a marvelous thing

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<v Speaker 1>to know that Nature has definitely given to every human

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<v Speaker 1>being the right to determine his own earthly destiny, to

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<v Speaker 1>use his mind to engage in the sort of activities

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<v Speaker 1>he wants to engage in. Right away, you're going to say, well,

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't apply to Russia today, and it didn't apply

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<v Speaker 1>to Germany for a time, And as matters are going

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<v Speaker 1>right now, if we keep on, it's not going to

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<v Speaker 1>apply to us here in the United States. We're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to be so free to do whatever we want

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<v Speaker 1>to work when we please, engage in the occupation we please.

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<v Speaker 1>But ladies and gentlemen, let me turn you backwards some

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<v Speaker 1>five or six thousand years, and call your attention to

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that every single solitary person who has ever

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<v Speaker 1>undertaken to divert the plans of nature has come to grief.

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<v Speaker 1>Those men over in the Kremlin and in other parts

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<v Speaker 1>of the world who are now trying to take away

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<v Speaker 1>from mankind this great prerogative of control of the individual mind,

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<v Speaker 1>are going to come to grief. There's the element of

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<v Speaker 1>timing there. Sometimes we think the timing is strung out

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<v Speaker 1>too much. Right now, it seems that it is. But

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<v Speaker 1>if I'm not misinformed, Nature has a great deal of

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<v Speaker 1>time on her hands. She can wait quite a long

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<v Speaker 1>while to punish Joseph Stalin and the others. But punish

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<v Speaker 1>him she will, That's definite. She will never allow him

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<v Speaker 1>to take away the liberty of the people, because that's

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<v Speaker 1>the one thing that the Creator saw to it, that

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<v Speaker 1>every human being should have definiteness and the impossibility of

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<v Speaker 1>circumventing or suspending even for one second, any of Nature's laws. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>surely there is fixation, definiteness of purpose. You've never heard

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<v Speaker 1>of anybody circumventing any of Nature's laws or undertaking to

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<v Speaker 1>do it without coming to grief sometimes immediately. You can

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<v Speaker 1>try to defy the law of gravitation. Sure you can

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<v Speaker 1>get on top of a tall building and jump off

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<v Speaker 1>if you're foolish enough to do it, unless you have

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<v Speaker 1>somebody intervening down there with a net or something to

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<v Speaker 1>catch you in. You'll come to a lot of grief,

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<v Speaker 1>but you won't know anything about it. Sure you can

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<v Speaker 1>try to define Nature's laws, you can defy all of them,

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<v Speaker 1>but if you do, you're going to have to pay

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<v Speaker 1>a price. Nature has definite penalties for the violation of

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<v Speaker 1>all of her laws and definite rewards for the observation

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<v Speaker 1>of them. There's no escape from that. It wouldn't make

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<v Speaker 1>any difference what your religion is, not the slightest difference.

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<v Speaker 1>You would have to come to the conclusion that Nature

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<v Speaker 1>has definite plans for dealing with human beings here on

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<v Speaker 1>Earth now, and that she has great rewards to give

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<v Speaker 1>out to individuals who find out what her plans are

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<v Speaker 1>and adapt themselves to those plans, and great penalties for

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<v Speaker 1>those who fail to do so. It's one of the

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<v Speaker 1>burdens and one of the privileges of this success philosophy

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<v Speaker 1>I have discovered to guide people in a practical, understandable

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<v Speaker 1>way to the ways of nature, to the laws of nature,

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<v Speaker 1>and to the ways and means of adapting the individual's

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<v Speaker 1>actions in life to those laws. Now, ladies and gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 1>I want to give you some of the important factors

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<v Speaker 1>that go into the business of applying definiteness of purpose.

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<v Speaker 1>The first one is that the starting point of all

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<v Speaker 1>individual achievements is the adoption of a definite purpose, accompanied

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<v Speaker 1>by a definite plan for its attainment, followed by appropriate action.

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<v Speaker 1>There's three key words in there to remember if you

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<v Speaker 1>can't remember all I've said. There must be a purpose,

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<v Speaker 1>there must be a plan, and there must be an action. Purpose, plan, action.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not enough to say, well, some of these days

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going into the lumber business. Some of these days,

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<v Speaker 1>some of these days never come. But if you said,

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<v Speaker 1>starting next week, I am going to order a stock

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<v Speaker 1>of material and go into the lumber business in Paris, Missouri.

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<v Speaker 1>And if you have the capital available for doing it

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<v Speaker 1>and start out doing it, that's definite. The second factor

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<v Speaker 1>is that all individual achievements are the results of a

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<v Speaker 1>motive or a combination of motives. Everything you do from

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<v Speaker 1>the time you reach the age of consciousness of yourself

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<v Speaker 1>until you die is the result of a motive. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>ever does anything without a motive, and there are only

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<v Speaker 1>nine basic motives. The importance of what I want to

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<v Speaker 1>do now is to impress you that these nine basic

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<v Speaker 1>motives are the abcs of success. You should never, under

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<v Speaker 1>any circumstances, ask or expect anybody to do anything without

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<v Speaker 1>planting in that person's mind a motive or a combination

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<v Speaker 1>of motives justifying what you ask them to do. Under

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<v Speaker 1>had planted in that person's mind a motive and also

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<v Speaker 1>had justified the request. If you'll do that, you'll never

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<v Speaker 1>go wrong. Here are the nine basic motives, some combination

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<v Speaker 1>of which is used by all people who are accomplish anything.

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<v Speaker 1>The first one is the emotion of love. You'd be

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<v Speaker 1>surprised to know how many human relationships are established, how

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<v Speaker 1>many fortunes are made, and how many fortunes are lost,

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<v Speaker 1>and how many things happen in this world as a

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<v Speaker 1>result of this motive of love. It is the greatest

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<v Speaker 1>of all of the motives, and the greatest of all

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<v Speaker 1>of the emotions and yet the most dangerous, especially for

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<v Speaker 1>those who let loose of both ends of the string

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<v Speaker 1>and say I'm going off the deep end. I have

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<v Speaker 1>known of people doing just that. The second of these

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<v Speaker 1>nine basic motives is the emotion of sex, that great

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<v Speaker 1>creative force that is employed by nature to perpetuate the

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<v Speaker 1>species of all living things. Third is the desire for

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<v Speaker 1>material wealth. That's sort of an inborn trait. It's one

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<v Speaker 1>of the outstanding motives that inspire men to engage in

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<v Speaker 1>great undertakings. I've never heard of anybody who turned down

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<v Speaker 1>an opportunity to make money legitimately, and sometimes, unfortunately, they're

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<v Speaker 1>willing to make it otherwise. The fourth of these nine

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<v Speaker 1>basic motives is the desire for self preservation. That's an

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<v Speaker 1>inborn motive. You do things that at time seem almost

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<v Speaker 1>superhuman as a result of carrying out this motive for

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<v Speaker 1>self preservation. Many have been the times since I've been

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<v Speaker 1>driving an automobile during the last forty odd years, that

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<v Speaker 1>I've performed feats of driving that I couldn't begin to

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<v Speaker 1>perform deliberately if I had plenty of time. That is

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<v Speaker 1>to say, these are cases of near emergencies when something

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<v Speaker 1>it again. I had something happened like that. The second

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<v Speaker 1>time that I came up here to Paris. My car

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<v Speaker 1>turned around entirely in the road, turned around, and started

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<v Speaker 1>back up toward Paris. I think the car wanted me

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<v Speaker 1>to come back up here and finish the job there.

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<v Speaker 1>I was headed this way again. The desire for self

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<v Speaker 1>preservation is an outstanding motive. The fifth basic motive is

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<v Speaker 1>the desire for freedom of body and mind. The Creator

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<v Speaker 1>not only gave you the right to freedom, the inborn

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<v Speaker 1>right to control your own mind, and by that control,

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<v Speaker 1>to gain freedom for yourself, but he planted in your

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<v Speaker 1>mind a desire for that freedom. If there is one

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<v Speaker 1>thing that we hear in America prize above all other

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<v Speaker 1>things to day, it's our privilege of being ourselves, saying

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<v Speaker 1>the things we want to say, doing the things we

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<v Speaker 1>want to do. Of course, we can't always say the

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<v Speaker 1>things we'd like to say, but we can come pretty

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<v Speaker 1>close to it. Freedom. We have a great amount of

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<v Speaker 1>freedom in the United States, more than they have in

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<v Speaker 1>any other nation on earth. That's one of our motives

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<v Speaker 1>for doing some of the things we do now in

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<v Speaker 1>order to protect that freedom. The sixth motive is the

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<v Speaker 1>desire for personal expression and recognition. Personal expression and recognition.

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<v Speaker 1>I've never known of anybody yet that didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>do one or the other of two things. First be

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<v Speaker 1>able to make a speech, what about, oh anything? And

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<v Speaker 1>second to write a book? What about oh anything? The

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<v Speaker 1>desire for personal expression is an inherent desire and one

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<v Speaker 1>of the great motives that prompt men and women to

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<v Speaker 1>engage in far reaching undertakings. Perhaps it was the motive

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<v Speaker 1>of desire for personal expression that prompted me to go

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<v Speaker 1>through twenty years of near starvation while I was organizing

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<v Speaker 1>this philosophy and getting it ready for the public. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think any other motive could have caused me to

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<v Speaker 1>have kept at that job when it wasn't profitable. The

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<v Speaker 1>seventh major motive is the desire for perpetuation of life

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<v Speaker 1>after death. That's also an inherent motive. Now I come

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<v Speaker 1>to the last two motives, and they're both negative. Number

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<v Speaker 1>eight is the desire for revenge. You would be surprised

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<v Speaker 1>at the amount of energy spent by people every day

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<v Speaker 1>as the result of their attempt to take revenge on

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<v Speaker 1>somebody for some real or imaginary grievance. The desire for

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<v Speaker 1>revenge is a very destructive thing. It may work hard

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<v Speaker 1>or injustice upon others, but it's sure to work hardship

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<v Speaker 1>on the one who engages in it. There are lots

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<v Speaker 1>of people in this world of whom I don't approve,

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<v Speaker 1>some that I don't particularly like. But if I had

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<v Speaker 1>every privilege in the world of engaging in any form

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<v Speaker 1>of revenge, I wouldn't do it, not because there aren't

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<v Speaker 1>some people that deserve it, perhaps, but because I couldn't

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<v Speaker 1>afford to hurt myself. If you're living the proper way,

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<v Speaker 1>have a well balanced life, you get to the point

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<v Speaker 1>at which you don't want to take revenge on anybody

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<v Speaker 1>for anything. The ninth and last motive is the grandfather

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<v Speaker 1>of them all, ladies and gentlemen, the emotion of fear.

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<v Speaker 1>You'll not be a free agent as long as you're

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<v Speaker 1>afraid of anything or anybody. You've got to become free

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<v Speaker 1>in your own mind. If there's something that you fear,

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<v Speaker 1>find out why you fear it and get rid of

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<v Speaker 1>that fear. If it's something that you can do something about,

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<v Speaker 1>do it. And if it's something you can't do anything about,

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<v Speaker 1>forget about it, or at least fill your mind so

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<v Speaker 1>full of something else that you won't be thinking about

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<v Speaker 1>it and nursing it. The next factor that enters into

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<v Speaker 1>this business of definiteness of purpose is this great outstanding truth, namely,

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<v Speaker 1>that any dominating idea, plan, or purpose which you hold

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<v Speaker 1>in your mind through repetition of thought, is taken over

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<v Speaker 1>by the subconscious section of the mind and acted upon

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<v Speaker 1>through whatever natural and logical means that may be available.

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<v Speaker 1>You will observe that through my tone of voice, I

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<v Speaker 1>emphasized certain words in that statement, through whatever natural and

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<v Speaker 1>logical means that may be available. I didn't say anything

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<v Speaker 1>about supernatural means. I don't know anything about working through

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<v Speaker 1>supernatural means. I only know about working through natural laws.

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<v Speaker 1>I want each and every one of you to feel

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<v Speaker 1>that there is a part for you to play. There

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<v Speaker 1>is some person or persons or group of people with

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<v Speaker 1>whom you have contact, to whom you may start teaching

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<v Speaker 1>this philosophy. You may not be the best teacher in

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<v Speaker 1>the world, but make that your definite purpose that you're

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<v Speaker 1>going to commence expounding the philosophy and passing it on

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<v Speaker 1>to other people who may need it. You'll find that

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<v Speaker 1>as you undertake to teach others, as you begin to

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<v Speaker 1>tell them about it, you will begin to get a

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<v Speaker 1>better grip on the philosophy yourself. That's a law of

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<v Speaker 1>nature too. Whatever you do to or for another person,

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<v Speaker 1>you do too or for yourself. You'll never ladies and gentlemen,

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<v Speaker 1>get the full benefit of this philosophy until you look

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<v Speaker 1>around you and find somebody who needs it and start

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<v Speaker 1>teaching that person. Let him become acquainted with us, Let

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<v Speaker 1>him tune in on this atmosphere, and make up his

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<v Speaker 1>own mind whether this fellow Hill came up here to

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<v Speaker 1>take in a lot of people and get them all

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<v Speaker 1>stirred up. As one man said that he thought I

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<v Speaker 1>did well, I'll admit, just in case there's any doubt

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<v Speaker 1>about it, I did come up here with the intention

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<v Speaker 1>of getting a lot of people stirred up, awakened, if

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<v Speaker 1>you please, and interested in doing something not only to

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<v Speaker 1>help themselves, but to help this community in which they live.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for joining me tonight. Friends, Please tune in

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<v Speaker 1>next time when I will explain the importance of accurate

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<v Speaker 1>thinking in reaching your success goals.