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Summary: Acres Of Diamonds

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: Acres of Diamonds offers a multitude of different lessons about rewards of work, education, and finding the riches of life in one’s own backyard. In an era, many Americans would pack public halls just to hear speeches that were given by the greatest citizens of their day. Russell Conwell read his famous lecture thousands of times. He also used the income that he earned from delivering it to a small found seminary, so they could train Baptist ministers. That school soon grew into the Temple University, to whom was one of the first universities to offer affordable education to working class Americans. Although, it does still stand today as the most visible example of Russell Conwell’s legacy and his vision.
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