That which we read makes a deeper and more lasting impression on our
lives than that which we see or hear. An author with millions of readers
must be a great central power of thought and influence, at least, in his
own day and generation. We can understand the truth of this through a
study of the aims and life purposes of Harold Bell Wright as expressed
through his books and the circumstances under which they were written.
The wonderful popularity of this author is well estimated by the
millions of copies of his books that have been sold. This is also the
greatest testimonial that can be given to the merit of his work. The
great heart of the reading public is an unprejudiced critic. "Is not
the greatest voice the one to which the greatest number of hearts listen
with pleasure?"
When a man has attained to great eminence under adverse circumstances we
sometimes wonder to what heights he might have climbed under conditions
more favorable. Who can tell? It is just as easy to say what the young
man of twenty will be when a matured man of forty. The boy of poverty
makes a man of power while the boy nursed in the lap of luxury makes
a man of uneventful life, and, again, a life started with a handicap
remains so through its possible three score years and ten and the life
begun with advantages multiplies its talents ten and a hundred fold.
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