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Part One: Napoleon Hill: The Grifter Who Invented 'The Secret' & Donald Trump

Behind the Bastards

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Napoleon Hill's Stock Selling Scheme

The george washington institute quickly collapsed. By 19 17, napoleon hill was trying to suo the illinois general railroad because he said the lighting on their cars was bad for his eyesight and had caused him to need glasses. Napoleon apparently convinced people to buy stocks in his college by claiming it had a capital value of over a hundred thousand dollars. In reality, the entirety of the enterprise was worth around 12 hundred dollars at best. After another one of his business failures, he confessed, i had spent the better portion of my life chasing a rainbow.

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