Chapter 1 of 14
By Russell H. Conwell
By Russell H. Conwell
Founder Of Temple University
Philadelphia
His Life And Achievement By Robert Shackleton
With an Autobiographical Note
CONTENTS
AN APPRECIATION
ACRES OF DIAMONDS
HIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS
I. THE STORY OF THE SWORD
II. THE BEGINNING AT OLD LEXINGTON
III. STORY OF THE FIFTY-SEVEN CENTS
IV. HIS POWER AS ORATOR AND PREACHER
V. GIFT FOR INSPIRING OTHERS
VI. MILLIONS OF HEARERS
VII. HOW A UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED
VIII. HIS SPLENDID EFFICIENCY
IX. THE STORY OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS
FIFTY YEARS ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM