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    The Science of Being Great
    The Science of Being Great
    The Science of Being Great
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    The Science of Being Great

    By Wallace D. Wattles

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    Chios Classics brings literature's greatest works back to life for new generations.  All our books contain a linked table of contents.


    Wallace D. Wattles was one of the prominent New Thought and self-help writers.Many of the ideas introduced in books such as The Science of Getting Rich and the Science of Being Great are still relevant in modern times.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781508022787
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    Wallace D. Wattles

    Wallace Delois Wattles (1860-1911) was the author of numerous books, the best known of which is The Science of Getting Rich. He experienced failure after failure in his early life until after many years of study and experimentation he formulated a set of principles that, with scientific precision, create financial and spiritual wealth. He died a prosperous man in 1911.

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      The Science of Being Great - Wallace D. Wattles

      THE SCIENCE OF BEING GREAT

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      Wallace D. Wattles

      CHIOS CLASSICS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of nonfiction and is intended to be factually accurate.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2015 by Wallace D. Wattles

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      The Science of Being Great

      Chapter 1: Any Person MAY Become Great

      Chapter 2: Heredity And Opportunity

      Chapter 3: The Source Of Power

      Chapter 4: The Mind Of God

      Chapter 5: Preparation

      Chapter 6: The Social Point Of View

      Chapter 7: The Individual Point Of View

      Chapter 8: Consecration

      Chapter 9: Indentification

      Chapter 10: Idealization

      Chapter 11: Realization

      Chapter 12: Hurry and Habit

      Chapter 13: Thought

      Chapter 14: Action At Home

      Chapter 15: Action Abroad

      Chapter 16: Some Further Explanations

      Chapter 17: More About Thought

      Chapter 18: Jesus’ Idea Of Greatness

      Chapter 19: A View Of Evolution

      Chapter 20: Serving God

      Chapter 21: A Mental Exercise

      Chapter 22: A Summary Of The Science Of Being Great

      THE SCIENCE OF BEING GREAT

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      CHAPTER 1: ANY PERSON MAY BECOME GREAT

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      1. THERE IS A PRINCIPLE of Power in every Human Being. By the intelligent use and direction of this principle, a human can develop our own mental faculties. Humans have an inherent power by which we may grow in whatsoever direction we please, and there does not appear to be any limit to the possibilities of our growth. No Human has yet become so great in any faculty but that it is possible for some one else to become greater. The possibility is in the Original Substance from which Human Beings are made. Genius is Omniscience flowing into Humans. Genius is more than talent. Talent may merely be one faculty developed out of proportion to other faculties, but genius is the union of a Human and God in the acts of the soul. Great Humans are always greater than our deeds. We are in connection with a reserve of power that is without limit. We do not know where the boundary of the mental powers of Humans is; we do not even know that there is a boundary.

      2. The power of conscious growth is not given to the lower animals; it is Humans alone and may be developed and increased by each Human. The lower animals can, to a great extent, be trained and developed by Humans; but Human Beings can train and develop ourselves. Humans alone have this power, and we have it to an apparently unlimited extent.

      3. The purpose of life for Humans is growth, just as the purpose of life for trees and plants is growth. Trees and plants grow automatically and along fixed lines; Humans can grow, as he and she Will. Trees and plants can only develop certain possibilities and characteristics; Humans can develop any power, which is or has been shown by any person, anywhere. Nothing that is possible in spirit is impossible in flesh and blood. Nothing that Humans can think is impossible in action. Nothing that Humans can imagine is impossible of realization.

      4. A Human Being is formed for growth, and is under the necessity of growing. It is essential to our happiness that we each should continuously advance.

      5. Life without progress becomes unendurable, and the person who ceases from growth must either become imbecile or insane. The greater and more harmonious and well rounded a person’s growth, the happier that person will be.

      6. There is no possibility in any Human that is not in every Human; but if we proceed naturally, no two Humans will grow into the same thing, or be alike. Every Human comes into the world with a predisposition to grow along certain lines, and growth is easier for a person along those innate lines than in any other way. This is a wise provision, for it gives endless variety. It is as if a gardener should throw all their bulbs into one basket; to the superficial observer they would look alike, but growth reveals a tremendous difference. So of men and women, they are like a basket of bulbs. One may be a rose and add brightness and color to some dark corner of the world; one may be a lily and teach a lesson of love and purity to every eye that sees; one may be a climbing vine and hide the rugged outlines of some dark rock; one may be a great oak among whose boughs the birds shall nest and sing, and beneath whose shade the flocks shall rest at noon, but every one will be something worthwhile, something rare, something perfect.

      7. There are undreamed of possibilities in the common lives all around us in a large sense, there are no common people. In times of national stress and peril the cracker-box loafer of the corner store and the village drunkard become heroes and statespersons through the quickening of the Principle of Power within them. There is a genius in every man and woman, waiting to be brought forth. Every village has its great man or woman; someone to whom all go for advice in time of trouble; some one who is instinctively recognized as being great in wisdom and insight. To such a one the minds of the whole community turn in times of local crisis; he or she is tacitly recognized as being great. The person does small things in a great way. He or she could do great things as well if such are undertaken; so can any person; so can you and I. The Principle of Power gives us just what we ask of it; if we only undertake little things, it only gives us power for little things; but if we try to do great things in a great way it gives us all the power there is.

      But beware of undertaking great things in a small way: of that we shall speak farther on.

      9. There are two mental attitudes a Human may take. One makes us like a football having resilience and reacting strongly when force is applied to it, but it originates nothing; it never acts of itself. There is no power within it. Humans of this type are controlled by circumstances and environment; their destinies are decided by things external to themselves. The Principle of Power within them is never really active at all. They never speak or act from within. The other attitude makes a Human like a flowing spring. Power comes out from the center of their being. These have within the self a well of water

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