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Speaker 1: Eight pillars. Prosperity rests upon a moral foundation, it is

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popularly supposed to rest upon an immoral foundation, that is,

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upon trickery, sharp practice, deception, and greed. One commonly hears

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even an otherwise intelligent man declare that no man can

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be successful in business unless he is dishonest, thus regarding

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business prosperity a good thing as the effect of dishonesty

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a bad thing. Such a statement is superficial and thoughtless,

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and reveals a total lack of knowledge of moral causation,

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as well as a very limited grasp of the facts

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of life. It is as though one should so henbane

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and reap spinach, or erect a brick house on a quagmire.

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Things impossible in the natural order of causation, and therefore

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not to be attempted. This spiritual or moral order of

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causation is not different in principle, but only in nature.

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The same law obtains in things unseen in thoughts and

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deeds as in things seen in natural phenomena. Man sees

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the processes in natural objects and acts in accordance with them,

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but not seeing the spiritual processes, he imagines that they

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do not obtain, and so he does not act in

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harmony with them. Yet these spiritual processes are just as

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simple and just as sure as the natural processes. They

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are indeed the same natural modes manifesting in the world

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of mind. All the parables and a large number of

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the sayings of the great teachers are designed to illustrate

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this fact. The natural world is the mental world made visible.

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The scene is the mirror of the unseen. The upper

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half of circle is in no way different from the

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lower half, but its sphericity is reversed. The material in

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the mental are not too detached arcs in the universe.

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They are the two halves of a complete circle. The

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natural and the spiritual are not at eternal enmity, but

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in the true order of the universe, are eternally at one.

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It is in the unnatural, in the abuse of function

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and faculty, where division arises, and where man is wrestled

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back with repeated sufferings from the perfect circle from which

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he has tried to depart. Every process in matter is

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also a process in mind. Every natural law has its

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spiritual counterpart. Take any natural object and you will find

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its fundamental processes in the mental sphere. If you rightly search,

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consider for instance, the germination of a seed and its

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growth into a plant, with the final development of a flower,

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and then back to seed again. This also is a

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mental process. Thoughts are seeds which, falling in the soil

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of the mind, germinate and develop until they reach the

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completed stage, blossoming into deeds good or bad, brilliant or stupid,

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according to their nature, and ending as seeds of thought,

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to be again sown in other minds. A teacher is

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a sower of seed, a spiritual agriculturist, while he who

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teaches himself is the wise farmer of his own mental plot.

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The growth of a thought is as the growth of

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a plant. The seed must be sown seasonably, and time

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is required for its full development into the plant of

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knowledge and the flower of wisdom. While writing this, I

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pause and turn to look through my study window, and there,

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a hundred yards away is a tall tree, in the

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top of which some enterprising rook from a rookery close

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by has for the first time built its nest. A

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strong northeast wind is blowing, so that the top of

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the tree is swayed violently to and fro by the

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onset of the blast. Yet there is no danger to

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that frail thing of sticks and hair, and the mother bird,

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sitting upon her eggs, has no fear of the storm.

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Why is this It is because the bird has instinctively

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built her nest in harmony with principles which ensure the

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maximum's strength and security. First, a fork is chosen as

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the foundation for the nest, and not a space between

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two separate branches, so that, however great may be the

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swaying of the top tree, the position of the nest

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is not altered nor its structure disturbed. Then, the nest

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is built on a circular plan, so as to offer

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the greatest resistance to any external pressure, as well as

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to obtain more perfect compactness within in accordance with its purpose,

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And so however the tempest may rage, the birds rest

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in comfort and security. This is a very simple and

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familiar object, and yet in the strict obedience of its

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structure to mathematical law, it becomes to the wise a

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parable of enlightenment, teaching them that only by ordering one's

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deeds in accordance with fixed principles is perfect surety, perfect security,

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and perfect piece obtained amid the uncertainty of events and

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the turbulent tempests of life. A house or a temple

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built by a man is a much more complicated structure

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than a bird's nest. Yet it is erected in accordance

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with those mathematical principles which are every where evidenced in nature.

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And here is seen how man in material things obeys

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universal principles. He never attempts to put up a building

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in defiance of geometrical proportions, for he knows that such

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a building would be unsafe, and that the first storm would,

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in all probability level it to the ground, if indeed

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it did not fall about his ears. During the process

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of erection, man in his material building scrupulously obeys the

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fixed principles of circle, square, and angle, and, aided by

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rule plumb line encompasses, he raises a structure which will

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resist the fiercest storms and affords him a secure shelter

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and safe protection. All this is very simple, The reader

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may say, yes, it is simple, because it is true

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and perfect, so true that it cannot admit the smallest compromise,

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and so perfect that no man can improve upon it. Man,

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through long experience, has learned these principles of the material world,

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and sees the wisdom of obeying them, and I have

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thus referred to them in order to lead up to

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a consideration of those fixed principles in the mental or

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spiritual world, which are just as simple and just as

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eternally true and perfect, yet are at present so little

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understood by man, as he daily violates them, because he

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is ignorant of their nature and unconscious of the harm

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he is all the time inflicting upon himself in mind,

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as matter, in thoughts, as things, indeeds, as natural processes.

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There is a fixed foundation of law, which, if consciously

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or ignorantly ignored, leads to disaster and defeat. It is indeed,

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the ignorant violation of this law which is the cause

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of the life world's pain and sorrow. In matter, this

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law is presented as mathematical. In mind, it is perceived

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as moral. But the mathematical and the moral are not

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separate and opposed. They are but two aspects of a

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united whole. The fixed principles of mathematics, to which all

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matter is subject, are the body of which the spirit

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is ethical, while the eternal principles of morality are mathematical

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truisms operating in the universe of mind. It is as

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impossible to live successfully apart from moral principles as to

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build successfully while ignoring mathematical principles. Characters, like houses, only

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stand firmly when built on a foundation of moral law,

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and they are built up slowly and laboriously, deed by deed.

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For in the building of character, the bricks are deep. Business,

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and all human enterprises are not exempt from the external order,

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but can only stand securely by the observance of fixed laws.

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Prosperity to be stable and enduring, must rest on a

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solid foundation of moral principle, and be supported by the

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adamantine pillars of sterling character and moral worth. In the

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attempt to run a business in defiance of moral principles,

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disaster of one kind or another is inevitable. The permanently

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prosperous men in any community are not its tricksters and deceivers,

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but its reliable and upright men. The Quakers are acknowledged

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to be the most upright men in the British community,

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and although their numbers are small, they are the most prosperous.

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The Jaines in India are similar both in numbers and

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sterling worth, and they are the most prosperous people. In India,

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men speak of building up a business, and indeed a

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business is as much a building as is a brick

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house or a stone church, albeit the process of building

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is a mental one. Prosperity, like a house, is a

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roof over a man's head, affording him protection and comfort.

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A roof presupposes a support, and a support necessitates a foundation.

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The roof of prosperity, then is supported by the following

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eight pillars, which are cemented in a foundation of moral

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consistency one energy, two economy three integrity, four system five sympathy, six, sincerity,

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seven impartia eight self reliance. A business built up on

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the faultless practice of all these principles would be so

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firm and enduring as to be invincible. Nothing could injure it,

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nothing could undermine its prosperity, nothing could interrupt its success

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or bring it to the ground. But that success would

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be assured with incessant increase, so long as the principles

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were adhered to. On the other hand, where these principles

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were all absent, there could be no success of any kind.

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There could not even be a business at all, for

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there would be nothing to produce the adherents of one

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part with another. But there would be that lack of life,

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that absence of fiber and consistency, which animates and gives

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all these principles absent from his mind his daily life,

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slight and imperfect, you could not think of such a

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man as doing any successful work. You could picture him

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as leading the confused life of a shiftless tramp. But

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to imagine him as the head of a business, as

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the center of an organization, or as a responsible and

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controlling agent in any department of life, this you could

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not do, because you realize its impossibility. The fact that

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no one of moderate morality and intelligence can think of

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such a man as commanding any success should to all

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those who have not yet grasped the import of these principles,

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and therefore declare that morality is not a factor, but

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rather a hindrance in prosperity. Be it sound proof to

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them that their conclusion is totally wrong. For if it

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was right, then the greater the lack of these moral principles,

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the greater would be the success. These eight principles, then,

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in greater or lesser degree, are the causative factors in

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all success of whatsoever kind. Underneath all prosperity, they are

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the strong supports, And, howsoever appearances may be against such

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a conclusion, a measure of them informs and sustains every

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effort which is crowned with that excellence which men name success.

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It is true that comparatively few successful men practice in

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their entirety and perfection all these eight principles. But there

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are those who do, and they are the leaders, teachers,

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and guides of men, the supports of human society, and

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the strong pioneers of human evolution. But while few achieve

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that moral perfection which ensures the acme of success, all

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lesser successes come from the partial observance of these principles,

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which are so powerful in the production of good results,

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that even perfection in any two or three of them

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alone is sufficient to ensure an ordinary degree of prosperity

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and maintain a measure of local influence, at least for

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a time. While the same perfection in two or three,

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with partial excellence in all or nearly all the others,

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will render permanent that limited success and influence which will

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necessarily grow and extend in exact ratio with a more

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intimate knowledge and practice of those principles which at present

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are only partially incorporated in the character. The boundary lines

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of a man's morality mark the limits of his success.

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So true is this that to know a man's moral

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status would be to know to mathematically gauge his ultimate

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success or failure. The temple of prosperity only stands in

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so far as it is supported by its moral pillars,

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and as they are weakened it becomes insecure. In so

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far as they are withdrawn, it crumbles away and totters

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to ruin. Ultimate failure and defeat are inevitable where moral

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principles are ignored or defied. Inevitable in the nature of

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things as cause an effect. As a stone thrown upward

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returns to the earth, so every deed, good or bad,

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returns upon him that set it forth. Every unmoral or

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immoral act frustrates the end at which it aims, and

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every such succeeding act puts it further and further away

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as an achieved realization. On the other hand, every moral

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act is another solid brick in the temple of prosperity,

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another round of strength and sculptured beauty in the pillars

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which support it. Individuals, families, nations grow and prosper in

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harmony with their growth and moral strength and knowledge. They

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fall and fail in accordance with their moral decadence. Mentally,

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as physically, only that which has form and solidity can

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stand and endure. The unmorl is nothingness, and from it

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nothing can be formed. It is the negation of substance.

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The immoral is destruction. It is the negation of form.

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It is a process of spiritual denudation. While it undermines

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and disintegrates, it leaves the scattered material ready for the

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wise builder to put it into form again. And the

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wise builder is morality, the moral substance, form and building

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power in one. Morality always builds up and preserves, for

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that is its nature. Being the opp set of immorality,

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which always breaks down and destroys. Morality is the master

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builder everywhere, whether in individuals or nations. Morality is invincible,

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and he who stands upon it to the end stands

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upon an impregnable rock, so that his defeat is impossible,

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his triumph is certain. He will be tried, and that

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to the uttermost, for without fighting there can be no victory,

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and so only can his moral powers be perfected. And

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it is in the nature of fixed principles, as of

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everything finely and perfectly wrought, to have their strength tested

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and proved. The steel bars, which are to perform the

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strongest and best uses in the world, must be subjected

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to a severe strain by the iron master as a

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test of their texture and efficiency before they are sent

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from his foundry. The brickmaker throws aside the bricks which

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have given way under the severe heat. So he who

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is to be greatly and permanently successful, will pass through

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the strain of adverse circumstances and the fire of temptation,

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with his moral nature not merely undermined, but strengthened and beautified.

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He will be like a bar of well wrought steel,

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fit for the highest use, and the universe will see,

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as the iron master his finely wrought steel, that the

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use does not escape him. Immorality is assailable at every point,

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and he who tries to stand upon it sinks into

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the morass of desolution. Even while his efforts seem to stand,

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they are crumbling away. The climax of failure is inevitable.

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While the immoral man is chuckling over his ill gotten gains,

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there is already a hole in his pocket through which

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his goal is falling. While he who begins with morality

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yet deserts it for gain in the hour of trial

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is like the brick which breaks on the first application

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of heat. He is not fit for use, and the

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universe casts him aside. Yet not finally, for he is

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a being and not a brick, and he can live

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and learn, can repent and be restored. Moral force is

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the life of all successes, and the sustaining element in

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all prosperity. But there are various kinds of successes, and

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it is frequently necessary that a man should fail in

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one direction that he may reach up to a greater

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and more far reaching success. If, for instance, a literary, artistic,

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or spiritual genius should begin by trying to make money,

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it may be, and often is, to his advantage and

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the betterment of his genius, that he he should fail therein,

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so that he may achieve that more sublime success wherein

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lies his real power. Many a millionaire would doubtless be

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willing to barter his millions for the literary success of

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a Shakespeare, or the spiritual success of a Buddha, and

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would thereby consider that he had made a good bargain.

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Exceptional spiritual success is rarely accompanied with riches, yet financial

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success cannot in any way compare with it in greatness

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and grandeur. But I am not in this book dealing

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with the success of the saint or spiritual genius, but

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with that success which concerns the welfare, well being, and

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happiness of the broadly average man and woman, in a word,

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with the prosperity, which, while being more or less connected

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with money, being present and temporal, yet is not confined

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there too, but extend to and embraces all human activities,

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and which particularly relates to that harmony of the individual

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with his circumstances, which produces that satisfaction called happiness, and

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that comfort known as prosperity, to the achievement of this

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end so desirable to the mass of mankind. Let us

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now see how the eight principles operate, how the roof

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of prosperity is raised and made secure upon the pillars

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by which it is supported