The Impersonal Life

by Joseph Sieber Benner

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-=== THINK AND GROW RICH * === 
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-== By Napoleon Hill == 
  
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 +==== THINK AND GROW RICH* ====
 +**By Napoleon Hill**
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 ONE OF the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another. ONE OF the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat. Every person is guilty of this mistake at one time or another.
  
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 The child took the money and slowly backed toward the door, never taking her eyes off the man whom she had just conquered. After she had gone, the uncle sat down on a box and looked out the window into space for more than ten minutes. He was pondering, with awe, over the whipping he had just taken.   The child took the money and slowly backed toward the door, never taking her eyes off the man whom she had just conquered. After she had gone, the uncle sat down on a box and looked out the window into space for more than ten minutes. He was pondering, with awe, over the whipping he had just taken.  
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 Mr. Darby, too, was doing some thinking. That was the first time in all his experience that he had seen a colored child deliberately master an adult white person. How did she do it? What happened to his uncle that caused him to lose his fierceness and become as docile as a lamb? What strange power did this child use that made her master over her superior? These and other similar questions flashed into Darby's mind, but he did not find the answer until years later, when he told me the story.   Mr. Darby, too, was doing some thinking. That was the first time in all his experience that he had seen a colored child deliberately master an adult white person. How did she do it? What happened to his uncle that caused him to lose his fierceness and become as docile as a lamb? What strange power did this child use that made her master over her superior? These and other similar questions flashed into Darby's mind, but he did not find the answer until years later, when he told me the story.  
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 After I had described to Mr. Darby the power unwittingly used by the little colored child, he quickly retraced his thirty years of experience as a life insurance salesman, and frankly acknowledged that his success in that field was due, in no small degree, to the lesson he had learned from the child.   After I had described to Mr. Darby the power unwittingly used by the little colored child, he quickly retraced his thirty years of experience as a life insurance salesman, and frankly acknowledged that his success in that field was due, in no small degree, to the lesson he had learned from the child.  
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 Mr. Darby pointed out, "Every time a prospect tried to bow me out, without buying, I saw that child standing there in the old mill, her big eyes glaring in defiance; and I said to myself, 'I've gotta make this sale.' The better portion of all sales I have made, were made after people had said 'NO'."   Mr. Darby pointed out, "Every time a prospect tried to bow me out, without buying, I saw that child standing there in the old mill, her big eyes glaring in defiance; and I said to myself, 'I've gotta make this sale.' The better portion of all sales I have made, were made after people had said 'NO'."  
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 In it are contained hundreds of experiences as convincing as those herein quoted, and every one of them helps to pound into the mind of the reader the application of the principles taught. No one can read the book through without being profoundly impressed and inspired to determined efforts to test many of the suggestions offered. Its truths everyone need to know, for they are those that will enable the user of them to attain riches in all departments of life—for use in one’s mental, moral and spiritual, as well as one’s financial needs.—The EDITOR. In it are contained hundreds of experiences as convincing as those herein quoted, and every one of them helps to pound into the mind of the reader the application of the principles taught. No one can read the book through without being profoundly impressed and inspired to determined efforts to test many of the suggestions offered. Its truths everyone need to know, for they are those that will enable the user of them to attain riches in all departments of life—for use in one’s mental, moral and spiritual, as well as one’s financial needs.—The EDITOR.
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-=== OTHERS === +
  
 +==== OTHERS ====
 LORD, let me live from day to day LORD, let me live from day to day
-In such a self-forgetful way +\\ In such a self-forgetful way 
-That even when I kneel to pray +\\ That even when I kneel to pray 
-My prayer shall be for Others.+\\ My prayer shall be for Others.
  
 Help me in all the work I do Help me in all the work I do
-To ever be sincere and true, +\\ To ever be sincere and true, 
-And know that all I do for You +\\ And know that all I do for You 
-Must needs be done for others.+\\ Must needs be done for others.
  
 Let self be crucified and slain Let self be crucified and slain
-And buried deep, and all in vain +\\ And buried deep, and all in vain 
-My efforts to raise again +\\ My efforts to raise again 
-Unless to live for others.+\\ Unless to live for others.
  
 And when my work on earth is done, And when my work on earth is done,
-And my new work in Heaven begun, +\\ And my new work in Heaven begun, 
-May I forget the crown I’ve won +\\ May I forget the crown I’ve won 
-By thinking still of others.+\\ By thinking still of others.
  
 Others, Lord, yes others, Others, Lord, yes others,
-Let this my motto be, +\\ Let this my motto be, 
-“Help me to live for others, +\\ “Help me to live for others, 
-That I may live like Thee.”+\\ That I may live like Thee.” 
 +\\ —Author Unknown. 
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