Timeless wisdom and a
practical, step-by-step
prosperity program from a
forgotten 1910 classic
THE SCIENCE OF GETTING
RICH Wallace D. Wattles
With a new introduction by Rebecca Fine

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THE SCIENCE OF GETTING
RICH Wallace D. Wattles
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Table of Contents
Introduction ................................................................................................................................. v
Preface ............................................................................................................................... vii
Chapter 1: The Right To Be Rich ................................................................................................ 1
Chapter 2: There Is A Science of Getting Rich ............................................................................ 3
Chapter 3: Is Opportunity Monopolized? .................................................................................... 5
Chapter 4: The First Principle in The Science of Getting Rich ..................................................... 7
Chapter 5: Increasing Life .......................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 6: How Riches Come To You ....................................................................................... 15
Chapter 7: Gratitude ................................................................................................................. 19
Chapter 8: Thinking in The Certain Way .................................................................................. 21
Chapter 9: How To Use The Will .............................................................................................. 25
Chapter 10: Further Use of The Will ........................................................................................... 29
Chapter 11: Acting in The Certain Way ...................................................................................... 31
Chapter 12: Efficient Action ........................................................................................................ 35
Chapter 13: Getting Into The Right Business .............................................................................. 39
Chapter 14: The Impression of Increase....................................................................................... 41
Chapter 15: The Advancing Personality ....................................................................................... 43
Chapter 16: Some Cautions and Concluding Observations ......................................................... 45
Chapter 17: A Summary of The Science of Getting Rich ............................................................. 49
Appendix A: Support The Network ................................................................................................ li
Appendix B: Get The Audiotapes ................................................................................................. liii
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Introduction
ABOUT EIGHTEEN MONTHS AGO, a man I'd never met sent me a book I'd never heard of by a man
who'd been dead nearly 90 years.
That little book changed my entire life. As I put into practice the principles you'll learn about in
this book, the results were astonishing - and they began almost instantly and continue to this day.