ACRES OF DIAMONDS

By Russell H. Conwell

Founder Of Temple University Philadelphia

His Life And Achievement By Robert Shackleton

With an Autobiographical Note

CONTENTS

AN APPRECIATION

ACRES OF DIAMONDS

HIS LIFE AND ACHIEVEMENTS

I. THE STORY OF THE SWORD

II. THE BEGINNING AT OLD LEXINGTON

III. STORY OF THE FIFTY-SEVEN CENTS

IV. HIS POWER AS ORATOR AND PREACHER

V. GIFT FOR INSPIRING OTHERS

VI. MILLIONS OF HEARERS

VII. HOW A UNIVERSITY WAS FOUNDED

VIII. HIS SPLENDID EFFICIENCY

IX. THE STORY OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS

FIFTY YEARS ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM