How to Get Rich

(The books I publish are always proof read and corrected before publishing on Kindle! David Snode)

It is safe to say that every one who is not rich is desirous of having wealth,
and is striving in one way or another to acquire it. The possession of riches is
often spoken of as a doubtful blessing, when the cares and responsibilities atten-
dant thereto are considered ; however, one would need to travel far to find a
person unwilling to accept a heavy load of this world's goods — cares, responsi-
bilities and all. But while it is well known that the poor are often unhappy and
discontented, yet wealth does not by any means invariably bring happiness and
contentment. At a meeting in London to make arrangements for one of Mr.
Moody's campaigns, a speaker expressed the hope that Mr. Moody would “do
something for the miserably poor of London." "I shall try and do so," the
evangelist replied, “and I hope also to be able to do something for the miser-
ably rich." The ambition to acquire a competency, however, is certainly a
laudable one. Money in itself is neither good nor evil ; all depends on the way
in which it is used. But the first thing is to get it. An advertisement appeared
in the public press some years since, offering for one dollar to send to any
address the secret of the sure road to wealth. In return for his dollar each person
accepting the offer received a slip of paper, on which were printed these words:



WORK HARD AND DO NOT SPEND A CENT.



Of course, this was merely a scheme for enriching its originator without his
working at all. The advice was absurd, as it was practically impossible to
follow it. However, any person may hope to become reasonably well off if he
will pursue the proper course, and in order to determine what this course is, the
writer has sought and obtained from men who have been successful in various
walks of life, valuable hints for young men on the acquirement of wealth, which
are presented in the following pages.