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From Poverty to Power

James Allen

From Poverty to Power

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Allen’s early book examines the causes of hardship and the means by which character, thought, and perseverance can transform a life. Historically important as part of the formative New Thought literature, it offers short reflections on ambition, self-reliance, and the spiritual dimensions of material progress.

About James Allen

James Allen was an English philosophical writer whose short works on thought, character, and spiritual self-discipline became central to the New Thought and inspirational literature traditions. Books such as As a Man Thinketh present a moral and quasi-mystical view of the power of mind that has appealed to readers of esoteric and spiritual writing.

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