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Some people remain in poverty because they are ignorant of the fact that there is wealth for them; and these can best be taught by showing them the way to affluence in your own person and practice.
有些人之所以窮困潦倒，正是因為他們并不知道他們其實也是某些財富的擁有者，而你白手起家創造財富的親身經歷和致富故事，就是幫助他們明白這一事實的最強有力的例證。
Others are poor because, while they feel that there is a waYout, they are too intellectually indolent to put forth the mental effort necessary to find that way and travel by it; and for these the very best thing you can do is to arouse their desire by showing them the happiness that comes from being rightly rich.
還有一些人，他們之所以貧窮，是因為他們雖然能夠感覺到世上有撰脫貧困的出路，卻因為思想的極度懶惰，而不愿意投入尋找出路并將其付諸實踐所必需的精力和思想。要想幫助這些人徹底脫掉貧窮的帽子，最好的方法就是想盡辦法為他們展現財富所帶來的幸福和快樂，最大限度地勾起他們對財富的欲望。
Others still are poor because, while they have some notion of science, they have become so swamped and lost in the maze of metaphysical and occult theories that they do not know which road to take. They try a mixture of many systems and fail in all. For these, again, the very best thing to do is to show the right way in your own person and practice; an ounce of doing things is worth a pound of theorizing.
另外有一些人，他們之所以貧窮，則是因為雖然他們也明白致富的道理和方法，但是卻由于沉迷于玄學和某些神秘的理論無法自拔，從而喪失了理智而迷失了方向。他們嘗試著接受各種不同的思想體系，可最終卻讓自己的思想成了一團漿糊，失去了理智的判斷力。要想拯救他們這群迷途的羔羊，最好的方法就是用你自己的親身經歷為他們指明正確的方向。事實勝于雄辯。
The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
因此，幫助自己獲取財富，過，上幸福完整的生活就是你對這個世界最大的貢獻。
You can serve God and man in no more effective way than by getting rich; that is, if you get rich by the creative method and not by the competitive one.
回報生活和他人的最有效的方法就是讓你自已先富起來，不過，請記住，是通過創造致富，而非競爭。
Another thing. We assert that this book gives in detail the principles of the science of getting rich; and if that is true, you do not need to read any other book upon the subject. This may sound narrow and egotistical, but consider: there is no more scientific method of computation in mathematics than by addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division; no other method is possible. There can be but one shortest distance between two points. There is only one way tc think scientifically, and that is to think in the way that leads by the most direct and simple route to the goal. No man has yet formulated a briefer or less complex "system" than the one set forth herein; it has been stripped of all non-essentials. When you commence on this, lay all others aside; put them out of your mind altogether.
此外還有一點是我一直都很強調的，即本書給出的是致富科學的一些基本原則。如果這些原則全都正確的話，那么，你就完全沒有必要再去閱讀任何其他同類題材的書籍了。這聽起來的確有些狹隘，或者說夜郎自大。但是，請你想一想：數學中的算法無非是加、減、乘、除四種，任何運算都跳不出這個范疇。我們都知道，兩點間直線距離最短。所以，最直觀、最簡單、能夠最快到達終點的思維方式就是最科學的思考方式。在這個世界上，再也找不出比本書更簡略，或者說更簡潔的“思維體系”了。書中所述真可謂是字字珠璣。所以，當你開始按照書中的方式進行思考和行動時，請立刻將其他一切方法都拋諸腦后，永遠不要再記起。
Read this book every day; keep it with you; commit it to memory, and do not think about other "systems" and theories. If you do, you will begin to have doubts, and to be uncertain and wavering in your thought; and then you will begin to make failures.
每天讀本書一遍，并將其隨身攜帶，將書中的內容銘刻于心，從而保證自己絕對不會受到其他任何“體系”或理論的影響。一旦讓它們侵人你的思想，你就會開始感到懷疑、猶豫、彷徨，而各種錯誤也會隨之接踵而來。
