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509 Moslem man, woman, or child was spared. But the Christians did accept one

510 Moslem idea-the place of learning, the university."




Chapter 10


Power of the Master Mind: The Driving Force


The Ninth Step toward Riches


1 POWER is essential for success in the accumulation of money. PLANS are inert

2 and useless, without sufficient POWER to translate them into ACTION. This
3 chapter will describe the method by which an individual may attain and apply

4 POWER.


5 POWER maybe defined as "organized and intelligently directed
6 KNOWLEDGE." Power, as the term is here used, refers to ORGANIZED

7 effort, sufficient to enable an individual to transmute DESIRE into its monetary
8 equivalent. ORGANIZED effort is produced through the coordination of effort

9 of two or more people, who work toward a DEFINITE end, in a spirit of
10 harmony.


POWER IS REQUIRED FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF MONEY!


11 POWER IS NECESSARY FOR THE RETENTION OF MONEY AFTER IT
12 HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED!


13 Let us ascertain how power maybe acquired. If power is "organized knowledge,"

14 let us examine the sources of knowledge:


15 a. INFINITE INTELLIGENCE. This source of knowledge may be contacted
16 through the procedure described in another chapter, with the aid of Creative

17 Imagination.


18 b. ACCUMULATED EXPERIENCE. The accumulated experience of man, (or
19 that portion of it which has been organized and recorded), may be found in any





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