To sum up the final tally, and show how important our systems of organized capital are to the affordability of life, and possibility of wealth, Napoleon Hill offered the following summation.

Millions And Billions

The sum of money required for the building and maintenance of highways, railroads, delivery trucks, and cargo ships used in the delivery of that simple breakfast is so huge that it staggers the imagination. It runs into hundreds of millions, billions of dollars, not to mention the armies of trained employees required to man the ships, trucks, and trains. But, transportation is only a part of the requirements of modern civilization in a capitalistic society. Before there can be anything to haul, something must be grown from the ground, or manufactured and prepared for market. This calls for more millions and billions of dollars for equipment, machinery, boxing, marketing, and for the wages of millions of men and women.

Capitalist Traits

Cargo ships, roadways, bridges, and railroads do not spring up from the earth and function automatically. They come in response to the call of civilization, through the labor and ingenuity and organizing ability of men who have imagination, faith, enthusiasm, decisions, and persistence! These men are known as capitalists. They are motivated by the desire to build, construct, achieve, render useful service, earn profits and create wealth. And, because they render service without which there would be no civilization, they put themselves in the way of great amounts of money.

Just to keep the record simple and understandable, we’ll add that these capitalists are the self-same men of whom most of us have heard politicians and others denounce. They are the same men to whom radicals and dishonest politicians refer to as “predatory interests,” or “Wall Street.”

The Purpose Of It All

This is not an attempt to present a brief for or against any group of people or any system of economics. This is not an attempt give a clean bill of health to all individuals known as capitalists.

The purpose of this book—A purpose to which the author faithfully devoted over a quarter of a century—is to present to all who want it the knowledge, the most dependable philosophy through which individuals may accumulate riches in whatever amounts they desire.

Building Your Wealth

Napoleon Hill was offering us a couple of lessons in this part of his book, Think and Grow Rich. First, he was showing us how (as we talked about before) each of us rely on one another. Secondly, he is driving home the point that there is no shame in being motivated to build, succeed, and be wealthy; in fact, the very systems of our world depend on people like you!

Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
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