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The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clason The Richest Man in Babylon - George S. Clason

A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens

The Power of Your Subconscious Mind - Joseph Murphy The Power of Your Subconscious Mind - Joseph Murphy

Think And Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill Think And Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain

Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen

The Hound of the Baskervilles - Arthur Conan Doyle

Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens

The Patchwork Girl of Oz - L.Frank Baum

The Iliad by Homer

About the Author About the Author GEORGE SAMUEL CLASON was born in Louisiana, Missouri, on November 7, 1874. He attended the University of Nebraska and served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Beginning a long career in publishing, he founded the Clason Map Company of Denver, Colorado, and published the first road atlas of the United States and Canada. In 1926, he issued the first of a famous series of pamphlets on thrift and financial success, using parables set in ancient Babylon to make each of his points. These were distributed in large quantities by banks and insurance companies and became familiar to millions, the most famous being "The Richest Man in Babylon," the parable from which the present volume takes its title. These "Babylonian parables" have become a modern inspirational classic.

Foreword Foreword Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals. This book deals with the personal successes of each of us. Success means accomplishments as the result of our own efforts and abilities. Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding. This book of cures for lean purses has been termed a guide to financial understanding. That, indeed, is its purpose: to offer those who are ambitious for financial success an insight which will aid them to acquire money, to keep money and to make their surpluses earn more money. In the pages which follow, we are taken back to Babylon, the cradle in which was nurtured the basic principles of finance now recognized and used the world over. To new readers the author is happy to extend the wish that its pages may contain for them the same inspiration for growing bank accounts, greater financial successes and the solution of difficult personal financial problems so enthusiastically reported by readers from coast to coast. To the business executives who have distributed these tales in such generous quantities to friends, relatives, employees and associates, the author takes this opportunity to express his gratitude. No endorsement could be higher than that of practical men who appreciate its teachings because they, themselves, have worked up to important successes by applying the very principles it advocates. Babylon became the wealthiest city of the ancient world because its citizens were the richest people of their time. They appreciated the value of money. They practiced sound financial principles in acquiring money, keeping money and making their money earn more money. They provided for themselves what we all desire . . . incomes for the future. G. S.C.

1. An Historical Sketch of Babylon Chapter One

2. The Man Who Desired Gold Chapter Two

3. The Richest Man in Babylon Chapter Three

4. Seven Cures For a Lean Purse Chapter Four

5. The First Cure Chapter Five

6. The Second Cure Chapter Six

7. The Third Cure Chapter Seven

8. The Fourth Cure Chapter Eight

9. The Fifth Cure Chapter Nine

10. The Sixth Cure Chapter Ten

11. The Seventh Cure Chapter Eleven

12. Meet the Goddess of Good Luck Chapter Twelve

13. The Five Laws of Gold Chapter Thirteen

14. The Five Laws Of Gold Chapter Fourteen

15. The First Law of Gold Chapter Fifteen

16. The Second Law of Gold Chapter Sixteen

17. The Third Law of Gold Chapter Seventeen

18. The Fourth Law of Gold Chapter Eighteen

19. The Fifth Law of Gold Chapter Nineteen

20. The Gold Lender of Babylon Chapter Twenty

21. The Walls of Babylon Chapter Twenty-One

22. The Camel Trader of Babylon Chapter Twenty-Two

23. The Clay Tablets From Babylon 23. The Clay Tablets From Babylon

24. The Luckiest Man in Babylon

GEORGE SAMUEL CLASON was born in Louisiana, Missouri, on November 7, 1874. He attended the University of Nebraska and served in the United States Army during the Spanish-American War. Beginning a long career in publishing, he founded the Clason Map Company of Denver, Colorado, and published the first road atlas of the United States and Canada. In 1926, he issued the first of a famous series of pamphlets on thrift and financial success, using parables set in ancient Babylon to make each of his points. These were distributed in large quantities by banks and insurance companies and became familiar to millions, the most famous being "The Richest Man in Babylon," the parable from which the present volume takes its title. These "Babylonian parables" have become a modern inspirational classic.

Our prosperity as a nation depends upon the personal financial prosperity of each of us as individuals.

This book deals with the personal successes of each of us. Success means accomplishments as the result of our own efforts and abilities. Proper preparation is the key to our success. Our acts can be no wiser than our thoughts. Our thinking can be no wiser than our understanding.

This book of cures for lean purses has been termed a guide to financial understanding. That, indeed, is its purpose: to offer those who are ambitious for financial success an insight which will aid them to acquire money, to keep money and to make their surpluses earn more money.

In the pages which follow, we are taken back to Babylon, the cradle in which was nurtured the basic principles of finance now recognized and used the world over.

To new readers the author is happy to extend the wish that its pages may contain for them the same inspiration for growing bank accounts, greater financial successes and the solution of difficult personal financial problems so enthusiastically reported by readers from coast to coast.

To the business executives who have distributed these tales in such generous quantities to friends, relatives, employees and associates, the author takes this opportunity to express his gratitude. No endorsement could be higher than that of practical men who appreciate its teachings because they, themselves, have worked up to important successes by applying the very principles it advocates.

Babylon became the wealthiest city of the ancient world because its citizens were the richest people of their time. They appreciated the value of money. They practiced sound financial principles in acquiring money, keeping money and making their money earn more money. They provided for themselves what we all desire . . . incomes for the future.