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“A Classic From
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The Richest
Man In Babylon
1926
George S. Clason
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The Richest Man In Babylon
1926
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This classic writing compliments of The Diamond’s Mine Online Library. It is
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Index
About The Author ...................................................... 6
Foreword ................................................................ 7
An Historical Sketch of Babylon ..................................... 8
The Man Who Desired Gold..........................................14
The Richest Man In Babylon .........................................20
Seven Cures For a Lean Purse ......................................30
The First Cure .........................................................34
Start thy purse to fattening. ................................................... 34
The Second Cure ......................................................37
Control thy expenditures. ...................................................... 37
The Third Cure ........................................................39
Make thy gold multiply. ......................................................... 39
The Fourth Cure.......................................................41
Guard thy treasures from loss. ................................................ 41
The Fifth Cure .........................................................43
Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment. ............................ 43
The Sixth Cure.........................................................45
Insure a future income. ......................................................... 45
The Seventh Cure .....................................................47
Increase thy ability to earn. ................................................... 47
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Meet the Goddess of Good Luck....................................50
The Five Laws of Gold................................................62
THE FIVE LAWS OF GOLD ....................................................... 66
The First Law of Gold............................................................ 70
The Second Law of Gold ........................................................ 70
The Third Law of Gold........................................................... 70
The Fourth Law of Gold ......................................................... 71
The Fifth Law of Gold ........................................................... 71
The Gold Lender of Babylon ........................................73
The Walls of Babylon .................................................84
The Camel Trader of Babylon.......................................88
The Clay Tablets From Babylon ....................................98
Tablet No. I ........................................................................ 99
Tablet No. II...................................................................... 100
Tablet No. III..................................................................... 101
Tablet No. IV..................................................................... 101
Tablet No. V ..................................................................... 103
The Luckiest Man In Babylon...................................... 107
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Ahead of you stretches your future like a road leading into the distance.
Along that road are ambitions you wish to accomplish…desires you wish to
gratify.
To bring your ambitions and desires to fulfillment, you must be successful
with money. Use the financial principles made clear in the pages which
follow. Let them guide you away from the stringencies of a lean purse to
that fuller, happier life a full purse makes possible.
Like the law of gravity, they are universal and unchanging. May they prove
for you, as they have proven to so many others, a sure key to a fat purse,
larger bank balances and gratifying financial progress.
LO, MONEY IS PLENTIFUL
FOR THOSE WHO UNDERSTAND
THE SIMPLE RULES OF ITS ACQUISITION
1. Start thy purse to fattening
2. Control thy expenditures
3. Make thy gold multiply
4. Guard thy treasures from loss
5. Make of thy dwelling a profitable investment
6. Insure a future income
7. Increase thy ability to earn
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