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In reality, Gandhi is not eccentric, but HE IS THE MOST POWERFUL MAN NOW
LIVING.

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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH

(Estimated by the number of his followers and their faith in their leader.) Moreo-
ver, he is probably the most powerful man who has ever lived. His power is pas-
sive, but it is real.

Let us study the method by which he attained his stupendous POWER. It may be
explained in a few words. He came by POWER through inducing over two hun-
dred million people to coordinate, with mind and body, in a spirit of HARMONY,
for a DEFINITE PURPOSE.

In brief, Gandhi has accomplished a MIRACLE, for it is a miracle when two hun-
dred million people can be induced-not forced-to cooperate in a spirit of HAR-
MONY, for a limitless time. If you doubt that this is a miracle, try to induce ANY
TWO PEOPLE to cooperate in a spirit of harmony for any length of time.

Every man who manages a business knows what a difficult matter it is to get em-
ployees to work together in a spirit even remotely resembling HARMONY.

The list of the chief sources from which POWER may be attained is, as you have
seen, headed by INFINITE INTELLIGENCE. When two or more people coordi-
nate in a spirit of HARMONY, and work toward a definite objective, they place
themselves in position, through that alliance, to absorb power directly from the
great universal storehouse of Infinite Intelligence. This is the greatest of all sourc-
es of POWER. It is the source to which the genius turns. It is the source to which
every great leader turns, (whether he maybe conscious of the fact or not).

The other two major sources from which the knowledge, necessary for the accu-
mulation of POWER, maybe obtained are no more reliable than the five senses of
man. The senses are not always reliable. Infinite Intelligence DOES NOT ERR.

In subsequent chapters, the methods by which Infinite Intelligence may be most
readily contacted will be adequately described. This is not a course on religion.
No fundamental principle described in this book should be interpreted as be-
ing intended to interfere either directly, or indirectly, with any man's religious
habits. This book has been confined, exclusively, to instructing the reader how
to transmute the DEFINITE PURPOSE OF DESIRE FOR MONEY, into its mon-
etary equivalent.

Read, THINK, and meditate as you read. Soon, the entire subject will unfold,
and you will see it in perspective. You are now seeing the detail of the individual