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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.
有些人之所以穷困潦倒，正是因为他们并不知道他们其实也是某些财富的拥有者，而你白手起家创造财富的亲身经历和致富故事，就是帮助他们明白这一事实的最强有力的例证。
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.
还有一些人，他们之所以贫穷，是因为他们虽然能够感觉到世上有撰脱贫困的出路，却因为思想的极度懒惰，而不愿意投入寻找出路并将其付诸实践所必需的精力和思想。要想帮助这些人彻底脱掉贫穷的帽子，最好的方法就是想尽办法为他们展现财富所带来的幸福和快乐，最大限度地勾起他们对财富的欲望。
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，他们之所以贫穷，则是因为虽然他们也明白致富的道理和方法，但是却由于沉迷于玄学和某些神秘的理论无法自拔，从而丧失了理智而迷失了方向。他们尝试着接受各种不同的思想体系，可最终却让自己的思想成了一团浆糊，失去了理智的判断力。要想拯救他们这群迷途的羔羊，最好的方法就是用你自己的亲身经历为他们指明正确的方向。事实胜于雄辩。
The very best thing you can do for the whole world is to make the most of yourself.
因此，帮助自己获取财富，过，上幸福完整的生活就是你对这个世界最大的贡献。
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.
回报生活和他人的最有效的方法就是让你自已先富起来，不过，请记住，是通过创造致富，而非竞争。
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.
此外还有一点是我一直都很强调的，即本书给出的是致富科学的一些基本原则。如果这些原则全都正确的话，那么，你就完全没有必要再去阅读任何其他同类题材的书籍了。这听起来的确有些狭隘，或者说夜郎自大。但是，请你想一想：数学中的算法无非是加、减、乘、除四种，任何运算都跳不出这个范畴。我们都知道，两点间直线距离最短。所以，最直观、最简单、能够最快到达终点的思维方式就是最科学的思考方式。在这个世界上，再也找不出比本书更简略，或者说更简洁的“思维体系”了。书中所述真可谓是字字珠玑。所以，当你开始按照书中的方式进行思考和行动时，请立刻将其他一切方法都抛诸脑后，永远不要再记起。
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.
每天读本书一遍，并将其随身携带，将书中的内容铭刻于心，从而保证自己绝对不会受到其他任何“体系”或理论的影响。一旦让它们侵人你的思想，你就会开始感到怀疑、犹豫、彷徨，而各种错误也会随之接踵而来。
