There is a Science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches; once these laws are learned and obeyed by any man, he will get rich mathematical certainty.

The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do thins in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor.

It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effect; and, therefore, any man or woman who learns to do this in this certain way will infallibly get rich.

No one is prevented from getting rich by lack of capital, True, as you get capital the increase becomes easier and rapid; but one who has capital is already rich and does not need to consider how to become so. No matter how poor you may be, if you begin to do things in the Certain Way you will begin to get rich; and you will begin to have capital. The getting of capital is a part of the process of getting rich; and it is a part of the result which invariably follows the doing of this in the Certain Way. You may be the poorest man on the continent, and be deeply in debt;  You may have neither friends, influence, nor resources; but if you begin to do things in this way, you must infallibly begin to get rich, for like causes must produce like effects. If you have no capital, you can get capital; if you are in the wrong business, you can get into the rich business; if you are in the wrong location, you can go to the right location; and you can do so by beginning in your present business and in your present location to do things in the Certain Way which causes success.