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Texts Project Gutenberg marks as public domain in the United States.
- 01 As a Man Thinketh James Allen · 1913 edition A very short book on the idea that character and circumstance follow the thoughts a person keeps.
- 02 The Science of Getting Rich Wallace D. Wattles · 1910 Wattles's short book treating a way of thinking as a method for getting rich.
- 03 The Science of Being Well Wallace D. Wattles · 1910 The health book Wattles published the same year as The Science of Getting Rich, from the same Holyoke press.
- 04 Acres of Diamonds Russell H. Conwell · 1915 Conwell's famous lecture, arguing that the opportunity people chase is often already around them.
- 05 A Message to Garcia Elbert Hubbard · 1899 Hubbard's short preachment praising the person who carries out an assignment without stalling.
- 06 The Art of Money Getting P. T. Barnum Barnum's short list of rules for earning and keeping money.
- 07 Self-Reliance Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson's essay on trusting your own thought instead of borrowing your opinions.
- 08 Meditations Marcus Aurelius The private notes of a Roman emperor, used for centuries as a manual of steadiness.
- 09 The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin · 1791 Franklin's own account of learning a trade, forming habits, and making his way.