As a Man Thinketh
A short essay arguing that character is built from habitual thought, the way a garden is made by what you choose to let grow. Under an hour, start to finish.
Things worth knowing
- Allen's father sailed alone to America in 1879 to find work and was pronounced dead at New York City Hospital within two days of arriving; Allen left school at fifteen to support the family.
- The book takes its title from Proverbs 23:7, and its readership was enough to let Allen give up his work as a private secretary and write full time.
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Every chapter has the recording and the same chapter as text. Open both if you like: the text is the words you are hearing.
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1 Foreword 52 sec
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2 Thought and Character 4 min
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3 Effect of Thought on Circumstances 18 min
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4 Effect of Thought on Health and the Body 4 min
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5 Thought and Purpose 4 min
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6 The Thought-factor in Achievement 5 min
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7 Visions and Ideals 6 min
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8 Serenity 3 min
Where this comes from
US public domain: first published 1903, before the 1930 cutoff. Author d.1912, so also clear in life+70 jurisdictions.
Cover image: generated for this edition.
Narration: text-to-speech.
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