JENNINGS RANDOLPH Randolph later would write this endorsement of Napoleon Hill’s work I knew Napoleon Hill in when I was a student in Salem College in the town of my birth. Mr.
Hill came to our campus as the commencement speaker in that year.
As I listened to him, I heard something other than just the words he spoke, I felt the substance—the wisdom—and the spirit of a man and his philosophy. Mr. Hill said, The most powerful instrument we have in our hand is the power of our mind Napoleon Hill compiled this philosophy of American achievement for the benefit of all people. I
strongly commend this philosophy to you for achievement and service in your chosen field.”
Chapter 1 DESIRE The Starting Point of All Achievement
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The morning after Fed by wooden buildings and sidewalks and coming on the heels of along dry spell, the Chicago Fire raged from
October 8-10, 1871, destroying foursquare miles, including the business district. Two hundred and fifty lost their lives, 90,000 were left homeless, and property damage was estimated at $200 million. Ashe wrote about the Chicago Fire, Hill must surely have had in the back of his mind another catastrophe, a personal catastrophe, also involving afire in the Windy City. In 1923, after losing control of Napoleon
Hill’s Magazine, which he had founded, he returned to Chicago to get his belongings that had been stored there, only to find the building they were in had been destroyed by fire. The loss was devastating. Gone were autographed photographs, many of his most important letters,
including some from Presidents of the United States, and, worst of all,
questionnaires that had been filled out by hundreds of the most eminent and successful individuals in America who had agreed to participate in Hill’s research. Ever the positive thinker, Hill carried on,
determined to complete his project, and 14 years later Think and Grow
Rich was published.
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