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Acres of Diamonds
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One of the most
interesting Americans who lived in the 19th century was
a man by the name
of Russell Herman Conwell. He was born in 1843 and
lived until 1925.
He was a lawyer for about fifteen years until he
became a
clergyman.
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One day, a young
man went to him and told him he wanted a college
education but
couldn't swing it financially. Dr. Conwell decided, at
that moment, what
his aim in life was, besides being a man of cloth - that
is. He decided to
build a university for unfortunate, but deserving,
students. He did
have a challenge, however. He would need a few million
dollars to build
the university. For Dr. Conwell, and anyone with real
purpose in life,
nothing could stand in the way of his goal.
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Several years
before this incident, Dr. Conwell was tremendously intrigued
by a true story -
with its ageless moral. The story was about a farmer
who lived in ..Africa.. and through a visitor became tremendously excited
about looking for
diamonds. Diamonds were already discovered in abundance
on the African
continent and this farmer got so excited about the idea
of millions of
dollars worth of diamonds that he sold his farm to head
out to the
diamond line. He wandered all over the continent, as the
years slipped by,
constantly searching for diamonds, wealth, which he
never found.
Eventually he went completely broke and threw himself into
a river and
drowned.
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Meanwhile, the
new owner of his farm picked up an unusual looking rock
about the size of
a country egg and put it on his mantle as a sort of
curiosity. A
visitor stopped by and in viewing the rock practically went
into terminal
convulsions. He told the new owner of the farm that the
funny looking
rock on his mantle was about the biggest diamond that had
ever been found.
The new owner of the farm said, "Heck, the whole farm
is covered with
them" - and sure enough it was.
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The farm turned
out to be the Kimberly Diamond Mine...the richest the
world has ever
known. The original farmer was literally standing on
"Acres of
Diamonds" until he sold his farm.
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Dr. Conwell
learned from the story of the farmer and continued to teach
it's moral. Each
of us is right in the middle of our own "..Acre..
of
Diamonds",
if only we would realize it and develop the ground we are
standing on
before charging off in search of greener pastures. Dr. Conwell
told this story
many times and attracted enormous audiences. He told the
story long enough
to have raised the money to start the college for
underprivileged
deserving students. In fact, he raised nearly six million
dollars and the
university he founded, ..Temple.. ..University.. in ....Philadelphia....,
has at least ten
degree-granting colleges and six other schools.
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When Doctor
Russell H. Conwell talked about each of us being right on our
own "..Acre.. of Diamonds", he meant it. This story does not
get old...it will
be true
forever...
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..Opportunity.. does not just come along - it is there all the time - we just
have to see it.
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Earl Nightingale
From "Our
Changing World" Radio Transcript....
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