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Acres of Diamonds

by Russell Herman Conwell

Text of famous inspirational lecture and biography of Russell Conwell, a Baptist minister and Temple University Founder.

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1890

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Russell Herman Conwell was an American Baptist minister, orator, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer. He is best remembered as the founder and first president of Temple University in Philadelphia, as t...

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