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He thought that it was not only his duty to guide us down those rivers, and do what he was paid for doing, but also to entertain us with stories curious and weird, ancient and modern, strange and familiar. HE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS NOT ONLY HIS DUTY TO GUIDE US DOWN THOSE RIVERS AND DO WHAT HE WAS PAID FOR DOING BUT ALSO TO ENTERTAIN US WITH STORIES CURIOUS AND WEIRD ANCIENT AND MODERN STRANGE AND FAMILIAR
 some of the churches, and then go into some of the factories and stores, and talk with the people, and get into sympathy with the local conditions of that town or city and see what has been their history, what opportunities they had, and what they had failed to do--and every town fails to do something--and then go to the lecture and talk to those people about the subjects which applied to their locality. “Acres of Diamonds”--the idea--has continuously been precisely the same. The idea is that in this country of ours every man has the opportunity to make more of himself than he does in his own environment, with his own skill, with his own energy, and with his own friends. RUSSELL H. CONWELL. ACRES OF DIAMONDS [1] WHEN going down the Tigris and Euphrates rivers many years ago with a party of English travelers I found myself under the direction of an old Arab guide whom we hired up at Bagdad, and I have often thought how that guide resembled our barbers in certain mental characteristics.  PART ONE OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS THIS LIBER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG ACRES OF DIAMONDS BY RUSSELL H CONWELL PART ONE WHEN GOING DOWN THE TIGRIS AND EUPHRATES RIVER MANY MANY YEARS AGO WITH MY PARTY OF ENGLISH TRAVELLERS I FOUND MYSELF UNDER THE DIRECTION OF AN OLD ARAB GUIDE WHOM WE HIRED UP AT BAGDAD AND I HAVE OFTEN THOUGHT HOW THAT GUIDE RESEMBLED OUR BARBERS IN CERTAIN MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS
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