The Secret of The Ages Robert Collier Complete 7 Volume Set 1926 Excellent Cond.

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The Secret Of The Ages by Robert Collier- 1st edition 1926Complete 7 Volume SetSEE PICTURES FOR THE CONDITION Very Good Condition. Clean Pages. Tight Bindings. Good Covers with Good Original Red and Gold Coloring. Some tanning to pages. Some dings to Corners. An Unabridged Edition in 7 Volumes: The World's Greatest Discovery - In The Beginning - The Purpose Of Existence - The "Open Sesame!" Of Life - The Genie-Of-Your-Mind - The Conscious Mind - The Subconscious Mind - The Universal Mind - The Primal Cause - Matter-Dream Or Reality? - The Philosopher's Charm - The Kingdom Of Heaven - "To Him That Hath" - "To The Manner Born" - Desire-The First Law Of Gain - The Magic Secret - "The Soul's Sincere Desire" - Aladdin & Company - See Yourself Doing It - "As A Man Thinketh" - The Law Of Supply - The World Belongs To You - "Wanted" - The Formula Of Success - The Talisman Of Napoleon - "It Couldn't Be Done" - "This Freedom" - The Only Power - The Law Of Attraction - A Blank Check - The Three Requisites - That Old Witch-Bad Luck - He Whom A Dream Hath Possessed - The Bars Of Fate - Exercise - Your Needs Are Met - The Ark Of The Covenant - The Science Of Thought - The Master Of Your Fate - The Acre Of Diamonds - Unappropriated Millions - The Secret Of Power - This One Thing I Do - The Master Mind - What Do You Lack? - The Sculptor And The Clay - Why Grow Old? - The Fountain of Youth - The Medicine Delusion - The Gift of the Magi - "Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me" - L'Envoi - Index Of Scriptural References and QuotationRobert Collier was born April 19, 1885, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Mary Ferguson and John Collier. His mother died when he and his older brother were not yet teenagers. His father traveled widely as a foreign correspondent for Collier's Magazine, which was founded and published by his uncle, Peter F. Collier. Robert was educated in a church seminar school and was expected to become a priest, but before taking his vows he decided against the life of a clergyman, and headed for West Virginia to seek his fortune. There he worked as a mining engineer, learning first-hand how to deal with both humanity, and the trials of life. He was a prolific reader, and the books in the mining company's office, which included applied business correspondence and books on advertising, gave him the basics of writing that became his career.After eight years in West Virginia, he went to New York City and worked in the advertising department of the P.F. Collier Publishing Company. With the help and guidance of such experts as Bruce Barton and Fred Stone, he developed ideas in sales copy, persuading the top men to test them in new circulars he wrote.The results were fantastic. He sold many thousands of the Harvard Classics -- a five-foot shelf of books by Dr. Elliott -- and his circulars on the O. Henry stories brought in orders for over two million dollars. These successes were followed by orders for over 70,000 books on The History of the World War. Because of an earlier, seemingly undiagnosable illness which he finally cured through Christian Science, Bob became interested in health products. He felt that a good 98% of our illnesses came from chemically treated, denatured foods. From his own experience came the desire to investigate how the Mind could so quickly and surely cure an illness which doctors had been working on for months; clearly there must be powers in the Mind he'd never suspected. Furthermore, if it had dominion over his physical self, why could it not cure business problems too? Why could it not correct any financial lack? Why could it not bring him anything of good he might wish?He decided it could -- and proceeded to find the way. For long months, he studied hundreds of books and courses on everything relating to metaphysics, the occult, and success in life. Whole religions seemed to be built on it. He delved into the deepest mysteries of the Masters. It was a long time before he began to find parts that were really workable in everyday life; a long time before h... read more

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