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自序
思考与致富
作者：拿破仑·希尔
A WORD FROM THE AUTHOR
这以后的每一章都会提到赚钱的秘诀，遵循它的指引，已 产生出成百上千的巨富， 赚进了无数的钱财。许久以来，这些 富商巨贾一直是我详尽分析的对象。
In every chapter of this book,mention has been made of the money-making secret which has made fortunes for hundreds of exceedingly wealthy men whom I have carefully analyzed over a long period of years.
50 多年前，卡内基先生最先让我注意到这个致富秘诀。 当时我还只不过是个男孩 子，这位精明干练而慈祥的苏格兰老 人，却满不在乎地把这个诀窍抛入我脑海，然 后就背靠着座 椅，眼中闪烁着快乐的光芒，留神地看我到底有没有足够的智 力去 领会他所有的含意。
The secret was brought to my attention by Andrew Carnegie, more than half a century ago. The canny, lovable old Scotsman carelessly tossed it into my mind, when I was but a boy. Then be sat back in his chair, with a merry twinkle in his eyes, and watched carefully to see if I had brains enough to understand the full significance of what he had said to me.
他发现到我拿握住了他的观念，就又问我，愿不愿意花上 幼年或者更多年的时间， 让自己成一点气候，再将这则窍门 公诸于世，让原本可能终其一生碌碌无为的男男 女女皆可因此 受惠?我说我愿意。于是，在卡内基先生的协助下，我一直信 守着当 时的承诺。