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After reading the famous lecture of the same name, upon the creation of personal and societal prosperity, by Russell H. Conwell

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Recorded Reading (1:12): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/zf8q6dbwq0nik2qat4dtg/Acres-of-Diamonds.mp3?rlkey=ru7c21rasmsct31wj8n2ce8ea&dl=0

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Acres of Diamonds

I see a need, oh, see a woeful need
My brothers and my sisters hereamong
Oh, yes — see an abysmal lack indeed
For newer and, again, more ancient, song

Than we’ve been singing, now, this good while past —
Of undefended authenticity,
The only mode in which our race may last
Beyond the gates of this next century

A song of brotherhood all beings to —
Together with, rather than separate
From, every life form we around us view —
Which we must learn to sing, ere it’s too late

Whether or no by it my fortune make,
This is the work which I must undertake

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Until removal of the stalker/targeter/vandal/arsonist following her allows her to approach any landlord ~ even for a private parking space ~ and to begin once again to create professional connections and to rebuild her life, this poet presently lives homeless and at a fraction of her nation’s poverty level ~ still working seven days a week to contribute to her society, however.

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