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THIS book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical
manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men
and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to get
rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for those who have,
so far, found neither the time, the means, nor the opportunity to
go deeply into the study of metaphysics, but who want results and
who are willing to take the conclusions of science as a basis for
action, without going into all the processes by which those
conclusions were reached.
-- Wallace D. Wattles, The
Science of Getting Rich, Preface
Population living below national poverty line. Source: CIA
World Fact Book 2008
The Science of Getting Rich
by Wallace Delois Wattles, [1910]
CHAPTER 1
The Right To Be Rich
WHATEVER may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains
that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful
life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible
height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of
money; for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have
many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has
money to buy them with.
A man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things,
and society is so organized that man must have money in order to
become the possessor of things; therefore, the basis of all
advancement for man must be the science of getting rich.
The object of all life is development; and everything that
lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is
capable of attaining.
Man's right to life means his right to have the free and
unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his
fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment; or, in other
words, his right to be rich.
In this book, I shall not speak of riches in a figurative way;
to be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with
a little. No man ought to be satisfied with a little if he is
capable of using and enjoying more. The purpose of Nature is the
advancement and unfoldment of life; and every man should have all
that can contribute to the power; elegance, beauty, and richness
of life; to be content with less is sinful.
The man who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he
is capable of living is rich; and no man who has not plenty of
money can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far, and become
so complex, that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a
great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner that even
approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants to become
all that they are capable of becoming; this desire to realize
innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we cannot help
wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is becoming what
you want to be; you can become what you want to be only by making
use of things, and you can have the free use of things only as you
become rich enough to buy them. To understand the science of
getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge.
There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for
riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more
abundant life; and that desire is praise worthy. The man who does
not desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the man who
does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants is
abnormal.
There are three motives for which we live; we live for the
body, we live for the mind, we live for the soul. No one of these
is better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and
no one of the three—body, mind, or soul—can live fully if either
of the others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not
right or noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body;
and it is wrong to live for the intellect and deny body or soul.
We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of living
for the body and denying both mind and soul; and we see that real
life means the complete expression of all that man can give forth
through body, mind, and soul. Whatever he can say, no man can be
really happy or satisfied unless his body is living fully in every
function, and unless the same is true of his mind and his soul.
Wherever there is unexpressed possibility, or function not
performed, there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is possibility
seeking expression, or function seeking performance.
Man cannot live fully in body without good food, comfortable
clothing, and warm shelter; and without freedom from excessive
toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to his physical life
.
He cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study
them, without opportunity for travel and observation, or without
intellectual companionship.
To live fully in mind he must have intellectual recreations,
and must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty
he is capable of using and appreciating.
To live fully in soul, man must have love; and love is denied
expression by poverty.
A man's highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits
on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous
expression in giving. The man who has nothing to give cannot fill
his place as a husband or father, as a citizen, or as a man. It is
in the use of material things that a man finds full life for his
body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore of
supreme importance to him that he should be rich.
It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich; if you
are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It is
perfectly right that you should give your best attention to the
Science of Getting Rich, for it is the noblest and most necessary
of all studies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in
your duty to yourself, to God and humanity; for you can render to
God and humanity no greater service than to make the most of
yourself.
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