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29 Jul 2021, 5:59 am
The first discusses Russell Conwell's Acres of Diamonds speech and the John Galt speech near the end of Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged. [read post]
15 Dec 2020, 2:12 pm
Only the Conwell speech doesn't have a current high profile. [read post]
21 Jun 2007, 1:54 pm
In John Grier v. [read post]
8 May 2020, 6:36 am
I propose to illustrate how texts can be used to illuminate these tensions through examples drawn from each of three formats: lectures or speeches, literary fiction, and film - rather than to draw sweeping general conclusions from a limited data set.Part 1, of which I have completed a first draft, discusses and contrasts (1) Russell Conwell's Acres of Diamonds lecture (very famous and prominent cultural artifact from the 1870s to 1920s) and (2) the John Galt speech in Ayn… [read post]
7 Sep 2007, 10:43 am
State of Indiana (NFP) John Taylor v. [read post]
8 Mar 2023, 6:11 am
The first discusses the John Galt speech in Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, and compares it to a much less malignant late 19th century entry in the so-called success literature genre, Russell Conwell's Acres of Diamonds speech, which he gave to paying audience thousands of times between 1870 and 1925, thereby earning enough moolah to found Temple University.The last chapter compares 2 movies that have a surprising amount in common, apart from the pervasive cultural… [read post]
