From Acres of Diamonds

In Russell H. Conwell’s essay, From Acres of Diamonds, he talks about money being the root of everyone’s purpose to live. In order to support and argue Conwell’s ideas the principles from the proverbs on money can be looked at. Money is something that is generally accepted as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, wealth reckoned in terms of money, or a means of payment (according to the Encyclopedia Britannica. …

…taken a few lines from the Bible to support his arguments but he does not follow the Bibles saying throughout his essay. Money is the root of a person wealth only if that person follows the proverbs which re stated in the Bible. One thing to remember is that money and greed will never fall hand in hand. As Conwell states, “Money is power, money is force, money will do good as well as harm.”