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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH

by saying, "Ah well, my idea is a good one, but I cannot do anything with it, be-
cause I never can procure the necessary million dollars." That is exactly what the
majority of people would have said, but it is not what Dr. Gunsaulus said. What
he said, and what he did are so important that I now introduce him, and let him
speak for himself.

"One Saturday afternoon I sat in my room thinking of ways and means of raising
the money to carry out my plans. For nearly two years, I had been thinking, but I
had done nothing but think!

"The time had come for ACTION!"

"I made up my mind, then and there, that I would get the necessary million dol-
lars within a week. How? I was not concerned about that. The main thing of im-
portance was the decision to get the money within a specified time, and I want to
tell you that the moment I reached a definite decision to get the money within a
specified time, a strange feeling of assurance came over me, such as I had never
before experienced. Something inside me seemed to say, "Why didn't you reach
that decision a long time ago? The money was waiting for you all the time!'

"Things began to happen in a hurry. I called the newspapers and announced I
would preach a sermon the following morning, entitled, "What I would do if I had
a Million Dollars.'

"I went to work on the sermon immediately, but I must tell you, frankly, the task
was not difficult, because I had been preparing that sermon for almost two years.
The spirit back of it was a part of me!

"Long before midnight I had finished writing the sermon. I went to bed and slept
with a feeling of confidence, for I could see myself already in. possession of the
million dollars.

"Next morning I arose early, went into the bathroom, read the sermon, then knelt
on my knees and asked that my sermon might come to the attention of someone
who would supply the needed money.

"While I was praying I again had that feeling of assurance that the money would
be forthcoming. In my excitement, I walked out without my sermon, and did not
discover the oversight until I was in my pulpit and about ready to begin deliver-
ing it.

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