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Review of "The Science of Getting Rich" by Wallace D. Waddles
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02:28 - 04:18 (01:49)

The format of the book is similar to a book-length multi-level marketing Facebook post. It consists of one to three paragraphs of the author's prose followed by quotations that support the point being made. The book was originally written in 1910 by Wallace D. Waddles, a pioneer in the self-help genre.

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