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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH

Through this metaphor it becomes immediately obvious that the Master Mind
principle holds the secret of the POWER wielded by men who surround them-
selves with other men of brains. There follows, now, another statement which
will lead still nearer to an understanding of the psychic phase of the Master Mind
principle: When a group of individual brains are coordinated and function in
Harmony, the increased energy created through that alliance, becomes available
to every individual brain in the group.

It is a well known fact that Henry Ford began his business career under the handi-
cap of poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance. It is an equally well known fact that,
within the inconceivably short period of ten years, Mr. Ford mastered these three
handicaps, and that within twenty-five years he made himself one of the rich-
est men in America. Connect with this fact, the additional knowledge that Mr.
Ford's most rapid strides became noticeable, from the time he became a personal
friend of Thomas A. Edison, and you will begin to understand what the influence
of one mind upon another can accomplish. Go a step farther, and consider the
fact that Mr. Ford's most outstanding achievements began from the time that
he formed the acquaintances of Harvey Firestone, John Burroughs, and Luther
Burbank, (each a man of great brain capacity), and you will have further evidence
that POWER may be produced through friendly alliance of minds.

There is little if any doubt that Henry Ford is one of the best informed men in the
business and industrial world. The question of his wealth needs no discussion.
Analyze Mr. Ford's intimate personal friends, some of whom have already been
mentioned, and you will be prepared to understand the following statement: -
"Men take on the nature and the habits and the POWER OF THOUGHT of those
with whom they associate in a spirit of sympathy and harmony."

Henry Ford whipped poverty, illiteracy, and ignorance by allying himself with
great minds, whose vibrations of thought he absorbed into his own mind. Through
his association with Edison, Burbank, Burroughs, and Firestone, Mr. Ford added
to his own brain power, the sum and substance of the intelligence, experience,
knowledge, and spiritual forces of these four men. Moreover, he appropriated,
and made use of the Master Mind principle through the methods of procedure
described in this book.

This principle is available to you! We have already mentioned Mahatma Gan-
dhi. Perhaps the majority of those who have heard of Gandhi, look upon him as
merely an eccentric little man, who goes around without formal wearing apparel,
and makes trouble for the British Government.