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strated his capabilities of success in a 

 country with which he is familiar. Per- 

 haps Mr. Morris has never had twenty- 

 seven colonies killed outright in one week 

 by ants, in an apiary of sixty. 



In view of my own apiarian experi- 

 ences I had hoped that none other, as 1 

 have been, might be afflicted with the 

 idea of wealth through bee keeping in 

 the tropics. If there was a vestige of 

 hope, though. I would like to go and help 

 him; but 1 could not muster an atom of 

 hope. Yet, if he undertakes it, 1 trust he 

 may succeed. 



With sincere regards and good wishes, 

 I am, as always. 



Very respectfully yours, 



H. E. Hill. 



POVERTY. 



is a Mental as well as a Physical 

 Condition. 



Most poor people think their poverty 

 unavoidable; but the editor of the Success 

 Magazine contends, and I am inclined to 

 agree with him, that many people re- 

 main poor because they believe that it 

 is impossible to better their condition. 

 I certainly believe that no one ever suc- 

 ceeds unless he first believes he will 

 succeed. I wish every one of my sub- 

 scribers could read an article on this 

 subject in the Success Magazine for 

 November. If you are not a subscriber, 

 nor where you can visit a news stand, 

 send 15 cents to the Success Magazine, 

 New York City, and ask for a copy of 

 the November issue. When it comes 

 read "Success and Happiness are for 

 You." Its perusal may be the turning 

 point in your life. Here are a few ex- 

 tracts from the article: 



Poverty is a mental disease. If you 

 are suffering from it, if you are a victim 

 of it, you will be surprised to see how 

 quickly your condition will improve when 

 you change your mental attitude, and, 

 instead of holding that miserable, 

 shriveled limited poverty image, turn 

 about and face toward abundance and 

 plenty; toward freedom and happiness. 



The man who is bound to win believes 

 he is going to be prosperous; he starts 

 Out with the understanding with himself 

 that he is going to be a successful man; 



a winner and not a loser. He does not 

 say to himself all the time: "What's the 

 use? The great business combinations 

 are swallowing up the chances. Before 

 long the multitude will have to work for 

 the few. I do not believe that I shall 

 ever do anything more than make just a 

 plain living in a very humble way. I 

 shall never have a home and the things 

 that other people have. 1 am destined 

 to be poor and be a nobody." A man 

 will never get anywhere with such ideals. 



The poor man is not always the ^one 

 who has little or no property, but the one 

 who is poverty-stricken in his ideas, in 

 his sympathies, in his power of apprecia- 

 tion, in sentiment; poverty-stricken in 

 his opinion of himself, his own destiny 

 and his ability to reach up; the man who 

 commits the crime of self-depreciation. 



It is mental penury that makes a man 

 poor. 



How few people realize the possibility 

 of mental achievement, the fact that 

 everything is created by the mind first, 

 before it becomes a material reality! If 

 we were better mental builders we should 

 be infinitely better material builders. 



A Morgan or a Rockefeller mentally 

 creates conditions which make prosperity 

 flow to him. The great achievers do 

 comparatively little with their hands; 

 they build with their thoughts. They 

 are practical dreamers; their minds 

 reach out into the infinite energy ocean 

 and produce and create what the ideal, 

 the ambition calls tor, just as intelligence 

 reproduces the tree plan coiled up within 

 itself. 



To be prosperous, we must put our- 

 selves in a prosperous attitude. We 

 must think oDulently, we must feel opu- 

 lent in thought; we must exhale confi- 

 dence and assurance in our very bearing 

 and manner. Our mental attitude toward 

 the thing we are striving for, with the 

 intelligenc effort to realize it. will measure 

 our attainment. Everything must be 

 created mentally first, and tlie tiling 

 created must follow its mental pattern. 



Parsimonious saving by cheese-parmg 

 efforts does not compare in effectiveness 

 with the results of obeying the laws of 

 opulence. We go in the direction of our 

 concentration. If we concentrate upon 

 poverty, if want and lack predominate 

 in our thought, poverty-stricken condi- 

 tions must result. There is no philosophy 

 or science which will give us prosperity 

 as tne harvest of such mental sowings. 



Poverty-stricken ideas keep us in touch 

 with poverty-producing conditions. We 

 must conquer inward poverty before we 

 can conquer outward poverty. 



