I desire to acquire from you by emulation the marvelous ability you possess to inspire me and to arouse them to greater and more discernment spirit of action also to acquire the spirit of enduring faith which enabled you to turn defeat into victory.
All men have become what they are because of the dominating thoughts and desires so every deeply seated desire has the effect of causing someone to seek out all the expression to which that desire will be transmuted into reality.
So long before I had ever written a line for publication or in that world to deliver his speak in public. I tried to imitate the nine men whose lives have been most impressive to me.
These nine men were Emerson, Piney, Edison, Darwin, Lincoln, Bonnebank, Napoleon Fordham, Carnegie.