The Science of Getting Rich (Illustrated): Wattles's 1910 Classic on Wealth and the Certain Way
What if prosperity were not luck, privilege, or a contest you win by beating someone else - but the result of thinking and acting in a Certain Way? First published in 1910, Wallace D. Wattles's The Science of Getting Rich still argues that point with unusual clarity: form a definite vision, practice gratitude, create value for others, and act efficiently in the present. This illustrated Kindle edition from Sapiens Verbum pairs the complete original text with seventeen chapter images inspired by early twentieth-century American book plates.
Author: Wallace D. Wattles (edition: Sapiens Verbum)
Title: The Science of Getting Rich (Illustrated)
Original year: 1910
Format: Kindle eBook (English Edition), ~90 pages
Amazon: amzn.to/3VckxXk (ASIN B0HC6CXTTN)
Not Tricks - A Certain Way
Wattles refuses speculative schemes and get-rich shortcuts. He treats desire as life seeking greater expression, insists that thought must be joined by action, and prefers creation over competition. The method is demanding precisely because it is simple: clarity of vision, constructive emotion, useful work, and efficiency instead of restless busywork.
What the Classic Still Teaches
Readers come for prosperity language and stay for discipline. The book walks through definite purpose, gratitude as a habit of mind, giving greater value than you receive, choosing work aligned with ability and desire, and acting in the present rather than waiting for perfect conditions. New Thought history sits in the background; the foreground is practice.
Why This Illustrated Edition
Sapiens Verbum's edition keeps the full 1910 text and adds seventeen original chapter illustrations in the spirit of period book plates - a reading companion for anyone interested in purposeful work, personal transformation, and the psychology of success without the noise of modern hustle culture.
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Part of the Sapiens Verbum classics and practical wisdom series on books.sapiensverbum.com.
