ndation of his faith is false. The men who get rich may be the most honest men you'll find in the community. Ninety-eight percent of America's rich men are rich because they are honest, and because they are honest they are trusted with the money. Associating money with dishonesty is from the example set by the rare cases of men who got their money dishonestly. Although he believes it is wrong to be poor, he agrees that we should symapathize with God's poor, but it is only a very small number who should be sympathized with. He belives that "to sympathize with a man whom God has punished for his sins, thus to help him when God would still continue a just punishment, is to do wrong". However, "while we should sympathize with God's poor - that is, those who cannot help themselves - let us remember that there is not a poor person in the United States who was not made poor by his own shortcomings, or by the shortcomings of someone else." As Conwell addresses the issue - is the opportunity to get rich here in Philadelphia, an older gentleman says "I kept a store here for twenty years, and never made over a thousand dollars in the whole twenty years." If that store owner had only asked the people what they needed, he could have supplied them with their needs and had a profit for himself. Like wise, if young Conwell would have only listened to his fathers customers needs, he could have supplied them with jackknives they needed and helped his father gain more profit. The opportunities for more profit were presented, but the resources were not put to use.According to Russell Conwells speech, "Acres of Diamonds", the opportunity to become weathy is always present. Conwell believed that to make money honestly was to preach the gospel and to be poor was wrong. Acres of diamonds is the perfect metaphor for the endless oppotunities within you reach if you are wise and work with the resources you are given. No matter who you or where y...
