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Fundamentals of Prosperity

Roger Ward Babson

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This religion which we talk about for an hour a week, on Sunday, is not only the vital force which protects our community, but it is the vital force which makes our communities. The power of our spiritual forces has not yet been tapped.

About three years ago I was travelling in South America. When going from Sao Paulo up across the tablelands to Rio Janeiro, I passed through a little poverty-stricken Indian village. It was some 3,000 feet above sea level; but it was located at the foot of a great water-power. This water-power, I was told, could easily develop from 10,000 to 15,000 horse-power for twelve months of the year. At the base of this waterfall lived these poverty-stricken Indians, plowing their ground with broken sticks, bringing their corn two hundred miles on their backs from the seacoast, and grinding it . . . Read More

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Amazing prophetic book. Ahead of its' time. Had to adjust to some of the language used in the 1920's when the book was written.

Spirit over knowledge

A short book from 1920 by the founder of Babson College, so a little dated. He is surprisingly uber supportive of the church, since spiritual teachings are the foundation of success. And he's a staunch believer of the Massachusetts work ethic... of which I'm personally a product :)

His Fundamentals a