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ghosts of fear in the concluding chapter of the book. The emphasis is on how the power of the mind can help you THINK and GROW RICH! Napoleon Hill wrote that desire is the starting point of all achievement. And not just desire but a burning desire. Desire leads to the development of one’s major definite purpose, without which success and happiness can never be attained. As a young reporter, Napoleon witnessed firsthand the Wright brothers’ inaugural flight, surely the triumphal product of burning desire. He knew Thomas Edison, whose desire for the advancement of science and society was unmatched in his day and may still be unmatched today. Napoleon’s desire to help his son, born without the means of hearing, produced a near miracle when after years of help from Napoleon, his son began to hear—to the shock of his doctors. All these examples of a burning desire are set forth in this book. Napoleon said that imagination is the workshop of the mind. We all imagine. Sometimes that takes the xi
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