# From Poverty to Power

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From Poverty to Power
FROM
POVERTY TO POWER
or
THE REALIZATION OF PROSPERITY AND PEACE
by
JAMES ALLEN
Let Love’s bright sunshine play upon your heart; Come now into your gladness, peace and rest; Bid the dark shades of selfishness depart, And now and evermore be truly blest.
first American edition
THE SCIENCE PRESS
REPUBLIC BUILDING, CHICAGO
1906
The Lakeside Press
R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company CHICAGO
INTRODUCTION.
James Allen’s New Work
“From Poverty to Power.”
IN a special manner it may be said that God blesses the author who consecrates his genius to such an uplifting theme as this, “From Poverty to Power.”
He blesses him with a spiritual discernment beyond the ken of the most of men, and then puts a pen into his hand and tells him to tell us all about the truths he sees.
Such a man is James Allen, the author of this book.
Human nature is doing nobly.
Our progress is splendidly inspiring.
Of this there is much evidence; but of all the proofs there is none greater than humanity’s hunger for spiritual food and God’s method of providing that food through such men as Mr. Allen.
There was a time when such books as his would not have been happily received.
Let us rejoice in the birthright of the blessed privilege of living in the Twentieth Century. Its page in history is destined to record the greatest blessings yet given to mankind.
We are standing in the gray of its early dawn.
Many demons which have distressed humanity shall be put down before the evening of the Twentieth Century arrives.
One of them which is destined to be largely if not completely conquered is Poverty.
Mr. Allen is one of the battling braves of our Twentieth Century morning. His weapons are effective, and one of the greatest of them, especially in the fight against the demon just mentioned, is his book “From Poverty to Power.”
Let it go forth and do its work.
THE SCIENCE PRESS.
Copyright, 1906 by THE SCIENCE PRESS
Foreword
I looked around upon the world, and saw that it was shadowed by sorrow and scorched by the fierce fires of suffering. And I looked for the cause. I looked around, but could not find it; I looked in books, but could not find it; I looked within, and found there both the cause and the self-made nature of that cause. I looked again, and deeper, and found the remedy. I found one Law, the Law of Love; one Life, the Life of adjustment to that Law; one Truth, the truth of a conquered mind and a quiet and obedient heart. And I dreamed of writing a book which should help men and women, whether rich or poor, learned or unlearned, worldly or unworldly, to find within themselves the source of all success, all happiness, all accomplishment, all truth. And the dream remained with me, and at last became substantial; and now I send it forth into the world on its mission of healing and blessedness, knowing that it cannot fail to reach the homes and hearts of those who are waiting and ready to receive it.
JAMES ALLEN.
CONTENTS
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CONTENTS
| One’s Atmosphere Growth A Psychic aw in Student Work Unfoldment Power, How to Attain It Harmony The Assertion of the I | The Tree of Knowledge— of Good and Evil Conditions Faith Back of Vibrations Wasted Energy Something about Genius Shakespeare: How He Told His Secret in the “Dream” and “Tempest” |
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A FEW OPINIONS AND REVIEWS
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| “It is about the most clear-cut, vital and enlightening book in all the ‘New Thought’ literature, and I shall take pleasure in commending it to my students.”—Paul Tyner, New York. “I am reading ‘Paths to Power’ with pleasure and profit, and I must congratulate you on the insight you show into the heart of things. You have written a good many truths in this book that are my own, and that is why I like you and the book as well.”—Hubbard, East Aurora, N. Y. | “Persons who regard self-knowledge as one of the most important attainments and who desire to make the most of themselves will find food for thought and many valuable suggestions in this little work, ‘Paths to Power.’”—The Journal, Indianapolis, Ind. “The purpose of the scholar today is to know how to use his own faculties. To such no better thing can be done than to commend ‘Paths to Power,’ a work by a student in advanced thought, Hon. Floyd B. Wilson.”—Times, Boston. |
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As A Man Thinketh
By James Allen
Author of “From Poverty to Power”
A BEAUTIFUL little volume, the object of which is to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that— “They themselves are makers of themselves” by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain, they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.
CONTENTS
Thought and Character Effect of Thought on Circumstances Effect of Thought on Health and the Body Thought and Purpose The Thought-Factor in Achievement Visions and Ideals Serenity
It is little books like this that give one higher ideals and renewed inspiration. They make one forget “circumstances” and “environment” and think only of the power that lies within oneself. “Thought tends to take form in action,” and Mr. Allen shows how practical this can be made and what a force it can become in the life of any one. “You will be what you will to be” is not merely a poetical thought, but a practical truth. With a definite ideal in his mind, believing in it and working toward it, Mr. Allen claims a man can make of himself what he wills. “As a Man Thinketh” is a book to make a friend of and may be studied for years without exhausting its truths.
62 pages, 3¾ x 6 inches, printed on exceptionally heavy Canterbury Laid paper and bound in Ooze Calf with board backs; handsome cover design and title in Sepia Brown; an exquisite gift volume; first American edition.
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THE SCIENCE PRESS, The Republic, CHICAGO
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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