Think and Grow Rich!

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I sold him the idea The original manuscript continued For example,
the teachers in school would observe that he had no ears, and, because of this, they would show him special attention and treat him with extraordinary kindness. They always did. His mother saw to that, by visiting the teachers and arranging with them to give the child the extra attention necessary. I sold him the idea, too, that when be became old enough to sell newspapers, (his older brother had already become a newspaper merchant, he would have a big advantage over his brother,
for the reason that people would pay him extra money for his wares,
because they could see that he was a bright, industrious boy, despite the fact he had no ears.”
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He did not go Hill originally wrote, He Blair did not go to a school for the deaf Perceptions and attitudes about persons with hearing and other disabilities are today, of course, vastly different from what they were in the era in which Hill wrote. Hill’s whole approach to his son’s disability may have been far different had he faced them today,
although that is by no means certain, given Hill’s always positive approach and attitude about overcoming obstacles and meeting challenges. Despite Blair Hill’s disability and apparent lack of facility in signing, he went onto become a highly successful individual.

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For the first time in his life The first electric hearing aid, the
Acousticon, had been patented in 1901. It was an unwieldy apparatus with a telephone-type receiver held to the ear and a large housing for batteries about the size of a large portable radio or a big lunch box.
The first hearing aid designed to be worn on the person was the
Amplivox, introduced in London in 1935, which weighed two-and-a- half pounds. It is uncertain whether either of these is one of those mentioned by Hill.
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As this chapter was Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861-1936) was the most famous contralto of her generation, noted for her big, robust voice. Born in Lieben, Germany, she was selected at age 15 to sing the contralto part in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony in Graz. Following a successful career in Europe, she made her US. debut in 1899 at the
Metropolitan Opera as Ortrud in Wagner’s Lohengrun. She headlined there until 1932. She died in Hollywood in 1936 during the time Hill was writing Think and Grow Rich!
Chapter 2 FAITH Visualization and the Attainment of Desire
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