Chapter 9 persistence the sustained
effort necessary to induce faith the
eighth step toward riches persistence is
an essential factor in the procedure of
transmuting desire into its monetary
equivalent the basis of persistence is
the power of will willpower and desire
when properly combined make an
irresistible pair men who accumulate
great fortunes are generally known as
cold blooded and sometimes ruthless
often they are misunderstood what they
have is will power which they mix with
persistence and place back of their
desires to ensure the attainment of
their objectives Henry Ford has been
generally misunderstood to be ruthless
and cold-blooded this misconception grew
out of Fords habit of following through
in all of his plans with persistence the
majority of people are ready to throw
their aims and purposes overboard and
give up at the first sign of opposition
or misfortune a few carry on despite all
opposition until they attain their goal
these few are the Fords Carnegie's
Rockefellers and Edison's there may be
no heroic connotation to the word
persistence but the quality is to the
character of man what carbon is to steel
the building of a fortune generally
involves the application of the entire
13 factors of this philosophy these
principles must be understood they must
be applied with persistence by all who
accumulate money if you are following
this program with the intention of
applying the knowledge it conveys your
first task as to your persistence will
come when you begin to follow the six
steps described in the second chapter
unless you are one of the two out of
every hundred who already have a
definite goal at which you are aiming
and a definite plan for its attainment
you may read the instructions and then
pass on with your daily routine and
never comply with those instructions the
author is checking you up at this point
because lack of persistence is one of
the major causes of failure moreover
experienced with thousands of people has
proved that lack of persistence is a
weakness common to the majority of men
it is a weakness which may be overcome
by effort the ease with which lack of
persistence may be conquered will depend
entirely upon the intensity of one's
desire the starting point of all
achievement is desire keep this
constantly in mind weak desires bring
weak results just as a small amount of
fire makes a small amount of heat if you
find yourself lacking in persistence
this weakness may be remedied by
building a stronger fire under your
desires continue to listen through to
the end then go back to chapter 2 and
start immediately to carry out the
instructions given in connection with
the six steps the eagerness with which
you follow these instructions will
indicate clearly how much or how little
you really desire to accumulate money if
you find that you are indifferent you
may be sure that you have not yet
acquired the money consciousness which
you must possess before you can be sure
of accumulating a fortune fortunes
gravitate to men whose minds have been
prepared to attract them just as surely
as water gravitates to the ocean in this
audio book may be found all the stimuli
necessary to attune any normal mind to
the vibrations which will attract the
object of one's desires if you find you
are weak in persistence Center your
attention upon the instructions
contained in the chapter on power
surround yourself with a mastermind
group and through the cooperative
efforts of the members of this group you
can develop persistence you will find
additional instructions for the
development of persistence in the
chapters on Auto suggestion and the
subconscious mind follow the
instructions outlined in these chapters
until your habit nature hands over to
your subconscious mind a clearer picture
of the object of your desire from that
point on you will not be handicapped by
lack of persistence your subconscious
mind works continuously while you are
awake and while you are asleep spasmodic
or occasional effort to apply the rules
will be of no value to you to get
results you must apply all of the rules
until their application becomes a fixed
habit with you in no other way can you
the necessary money consciousness
poverty is attracted to the one whose
mind is favorable to it as money is
attracted to him whose mind has been
deliberately prepared to attract it and
through the same laws poverty
consciousness will voluntarily cease the
mind which is not occupied with the
money consciousness a poverty
consciousness develops without conscious
application of habits favorable to it
the money consciousness must be created
to order unless one is born with such a
consciousness catch the full
significance of the statements in the
preceding paragraph and you will
understand the importance of persistence
in the accumulation of a fortune without
persistence you will be defeated even
before you start with persistence you
will win if you have ever experienced a
nightmare you will realize the value of
resistance you are lying in bed half
awake with a feeling that you are about
to smother you are unable to turn over
or to move a muscle you realize that you
must begin to regain control over your
muscles through persistent effort of
willpower you finally managed to move
the fingers of one hand by continuing to
move your fingers you extend your
control to the muscles of one arm until
you can lift it then you gain control of
the other arm in the same manner you
finally gain control over the muscles of
one leg and then extend it to the other
leg then with one supreme effort of will
you regain complete control over your
muscular system and snap out of your
nightmare the trick has been turned step
by step you may find it necessary to
snap out of your mental inertia through
a similar procedure moving slowly at
first then increasing your speed until
you gain complete control over your will
be persistent no matter how slowly you
may at first have to move with
persistence will come success if you
select your mastermind group with care
you will have in it at least one person
who will aid you in the development of
persistence some men who have
accumulated great fortunes did so
because of necessity they developed the
habit of persistence because they were
so closely
by circumstances that they had to become
persistent there is no substitute for
persistence
it cannot be supplanted by any other
quality remember this and it will harden
you in the beginning when the going may
seem difficult and those who have
cultivated the habit of persistence
seemed to enjoy insurance against
failure no matter how many times they
are defeated they finally arrived up
toward the top of the ladder sometimes
it appears that there is a hidden guide
whose duty is to test men through all
sorts of discouraging experiences those
who pick themselves up after defeat and
keep on trying arrive and the world
cries Bravo I knew you could do it
the hidden guide lets no one enjoy great
achievement without passing the
persistence test those who can't take it
simply do not make the grade those who
can take it are bountifully rewarded for
their persistence they receive as their
compensation whatever goal they are
pursuing that is not all they receive
something infinitely more important than
material compensation the knowledge that
every failure brings with it the seed of
an equivalent advantage there are
exceptions to this rule a few people
know from experience the soundness of
persistence they are the ones who have
not accepted defeat as being anything
more than temporary they are the ones
whose desires are so persistently
applied that defeat is finally changed
into victory
we who stand on the sidelines of life
see the overwhelmingly large number who
go down in defeat never to rise again we
see the few who take the punishment of
defeat as an urge to greater effort
these fortunately never learned to
accept life's reverse gear but what we
do not see what most of us never suspect
of existing is the silent but
irresistible power which comes to the
rescue of those who fight on in the face
of discouragement if we speak of this
power at all we call it persistence and
let it go at that one thing we all know
if one does not possess persistence one
does not achieve noteworthy success in
any calling as these lines are being
written
I look up from my work and see before me
less than a block away the great
mysterious Broadway the graveyard of
dead hopes and the front porch of
opportunity from all over the world
people have come to Broadway seeking
fame fortune power love or whatever it
is that human beings call success once
in a great while someone steps out from
the long procession of seekers and the
world hears that another person has
mastered Broadway but Broadway is not
easily nor quickly conquered she
acknowledges talent recognizes genius
pays off and money only after one has
refused to quit then we know he has
discovered the secret of how to conquer
Broadway the secret is always
inseparably attached to one word
persistence the secret is told in the
struggle of Fannie Hurst whose
persistence conquered the Great White
Way she came to New York in 1915 to
convert writing into riches the
conversion did not come quickly but it
came for four years miss Hearst learned
about the sidewalks of New York from
firsthand experience she spent her days
laboring and her nights hoping when hope
grew dim she did not say all right
Broadway you win she said very well
Broadway
you may whip some but not me I'm going
to force you to give up one publisher
The Saturday Evening Post sent her 36
rejection slips before she broke the ice
and got a story across the average
writer like the average and other walks
of life would have given up the job when
the first rejection slip came she
pounded the pavements for four years to
the tune of the publishers no because
she was determined to win then came the
payoff the spell had been broken the
unseen guide had tested Fannie Hurst and
she could take it from that time on
publishers made a beaten path to her
door money came so fast she hardly had
time to count it
then the moving picture men discovered
her and money came not in small chain
but in floods the moving picture rights
to her latest novel great laughter
brought $100,000 said to be the highest
price ever paid for a story before
publication her royalties from the sale
of the book probably will run much more
briefly you have a description of what
persistence is capable of achieving
Fannie Hurst is no exception
wherever men and women accumulate great
riches you may be sure they first
acquired persistence Broadway will give
any beggar a cup of coffee in a sandwich
but it demands persistence of those who
go after the big stakes Kate Smith will
say Amen when she reads this for years
she sang without money and without price
before any microphones she could reach
Broadway said to her come and get it if
you can take it she did take it until
one a happy day Broadway got tired and
said oh what's the use
you don't know when you're whipped so
name your price and go to work and
earnest
Miss Smith named her price it was plenty
a way up and figures so high that one
week salary is far more than most people
make in a whole year verily it pays to
be persistent and here is an encouraging
statement which carries with it a
suggestion of great significance
thousands of singers who excel Kate
Smith are walking up and down Broadway
looking for a break without success
countless others have come and gone many
of them sang well enough but they failed
to make the grade because they lack the
courage to keep on keepin on until
Broadway became tired of turning them
away persistence is a state of mind
therefore it can be cultivated like all
states of mind persistence is based upon
definite causes among them these a
definiteness of purpose knowing what one
wants is the first and perhaps the most
important step toward the development of
persistence a strong motive forces one
to surmount many difficulties B desire
it is comparatively easy to acquire and
to maintain persistence in
pursuing the object of intense desire
see self-reliance belief in one's
ability to carry out a plan encourages
one to follow the plan through with
persistence self-reliance can be
developed through the principle
described in the chapter on Auto
suggestion d definiteness of plans
organized plans even though they may be
weak and entirely impractical encourage
persistence e accurate knowledge knowing
that one's plans are sound based upon
experience or observation encourages
persistence guessing instead of knowing
destroys persistence f cooperation
sympathy understanding and harmonious
cooperation with others tend to develop
persistence G will power the habit of
concentrating one's thoughts upon the
building of plans for the attainment of
a definite purpose leads to persistence
H habit persistence is the direct result
of habit the mind absorbs and becomes a
part of the daily experiences upon which
it feeds fear the worst of all enemies
can be effectively cured by forced
repetition of courage everyone who has
seen active service in war knows this
before leaving the subject of
persistence take inventory of yourself
and determine in what particular if any
you are lacking in this essential
quality measure yourself courageously
point-by-point and see how many of the
eight factors of persistence you lack
the analysis may lead to discoveries
that will give you a new grip on
yourself
symptoms of lack of persistence here you
will find the real enemies which stand
between you and noteworthy achievement
here you will find not only the symptoms
indicating weakness of resistance but
also the deeply seated subconscious
causes of this weakness study the list
carefully and face yourself squarely if
you really wish to know who you are and
what you are capable of doing these are
the weaknesses which must be mastered by
all who
Rich's one failure to recognize and to
clearly define exactly what one wants to
procrastination with or without commas
usually backed up with a formidable
array of alibis and excuses three lack
of interest in acquiring specialized
knowledge for indecision the habit of
passing the buck on all occasions
instead of facing issues squarely also
backed by alibis five the habit of
relying upon alibis instead of creating
definite plans for the solution of
problems six self-satisfaction there is
but little remedy for this affliction
and no hope for those who suffer from it
7 indifference usually reflected in
one's readiness to compromise in all
occasions rather than meet opposition
and fight it 8 the habit of blaming
others for one's mistakes and accepting
unfavorable circumstances as being
unavoidable 9 weakness of desire due to
neglect in the choice of motives that
impel action 10 willingness even
eagerness to quit at the first sign of
defeat based upon one or more of the six
basic fears eleven lack of organized
plans placed in writing where they may
be analyzed 12 the habit of neglecting
to move on ideas or to grasp opportunity
when it presents itself 13 wishing
instead of willing 14 the habit of
compromising with poverty instead of
aiming at riches general absence of
ambition to be to do and to own 15
searching for all the shortcuts to
riches trying to get without giving a
fair equivalent usually reflected in a
habit of gambling endeavouring to drive
sharp bargains 16 fear of criticism
failure to create plans and to put them
into action because of what other people
will think do or say this enemy belongs
at the head of the list because it
generally exists in one
subconscious mind where its presence is
not recognized see the six basic fears
in a later chapter let us examine some
of the symptoms of the fear of criticism
the majority of people permit relatives
friends in the public at large to so
influenced them that they cannot live
their own lives because they fear
criticism huge numbers of people make
mistakes in marriage stand by the
bargain and go through life miserable
and unhappy because they fear criticism
which may follow if they correct the
mistake anyone who has submitted to this
form of fear knows the irreparable
damage it does by destroying ambition
self-reliance and the desire to achieve
millions of people neglect to acquire
belated education after having left
school because they fear criticism
countless numbers of men and women both
young and old permit relatives to wreck
their lives in a name of duty because
they fear criticism duty does not
require any person to submit to the
destruction of his personal ambitions
and the right to live his own life in
his own way people refuse to take
chances in business because they fear
the criticism which may follow if they
fail the fear of criticism in such cases
is stronger than the desire for success
too many people refuse to set high goals
for themselves or even neglect selecting
a career because they fear the criticism
of relatives and friends who may say
don't aim so high people will think you
are crazy
when Andrew Carnegie suggested that I
devote twenty years to the organization
of a philosophy of individual
achievement my first impulse of thought
was fear of what people might say the
suggestion set up a goal for me far out
of proportion to any I had ever
conceived as quick as a flash my mind
began to create alibis and excuses all
of them traceable to the inherent fear
of criticism something inside of me said
you can't do it the job is too big and
requires too much time
what will your relatives think of you
how will you earn a living no one has
ever organized a philosophy of success
what right have you to believe you can
do it who are you anyway to aim so high
remember your humble birth what do you
know about philosophy people will think
you are crazy and they did
why hasn't some other person done this
before now these and many other
questions flashed into my mind and
demanded attention it seemed as if the
whole world had suddenly turned its
attention to me with the purpose of
ridiculing me into giving up all desire
to carry out mr. Carnegie suggestion I
had a fine opportunity then and there to
kill off ambition before it gained
control of me later in life after having
analyzed thousands of people
I discovered that most ideas are
stillborn and need the breath of life
injected into them through definite
plans of immediate action the time to
nurse an idea is at the time of its
birth every minute it lives gives it a
better chance of surviving the fear of
criticism is at the bottom of the
destruction of most ideas which never
reach the planning in action stage many
people believe that material success is
the result of favorable breaks there is
an element of ground for the belief but
those depending entirely upon luck are
nearly always disappointed because they
overlook another important factor which
must be present before one can be sure
of success it is the knowledge with
which favourable breaks can be made
toward during the Depression WC Fields
the comedian lost all his money and
found himself without income without a
job and his means of earning a living
vaudeville no longer existed moreover he
was passed 60 when many men consider
themselves old he was so eager to stage
a comeback that he offered to work
without pay in a new field movies in
addition to his other troubles he fell
and injured his neck to many that would
have been the place to give up and quit
but Fields was persistent he knew that
if he carried on he would get the breaks
sooner or later and he did get them but
not by chance Marie Dressler found
herself down and out with her
money gone with no job when she was
about 16 she too went after the brakes
and got them her persistence brought an
astounding triumph late in life long
beyond the age when most men and women
are done with ambition to achieve Eddie
Cantor lost his money in the 1929 stock
crash but he still had his persistence
and his courage with these plus two
prominent eyes he exploited himself back
into an income of ten thousand dollars a
week verily if one has persistence one
can get along very well without many
other qualities the only break anyone
can afford to rely upon is a self-made
break these come through the application
of persistence the starting point is
definiteness of purpose examine the
first hundred people you meet ask them
what they want most in life and 98 of
them will not be able to tell you if you
press them for an answer some will say
security many will say money a few will
say happiness others will say Fame and
power and still others will say social
recognition ease and living ability to
sing dance or write but none of them
will be able to define these terms or
give the slightest indication of a plan
by which they help to attain these
vaguely expressed wishes riches do not
respond to wishes they respond only to
definite plans backed by definite
desires through constant persistence how
to develop persistence there are four
simple steps which lead to the habit of
persistence they call for no great
amount of intelligence no particular
amount of education and but little time
or effort the necessary steps are one a
definite purpose backed by burning
desire for its fulfillment to a definite
plan expressed in continuous action
three a mind closed tightly against all
negative and discouraging influences
including negative suggestions of
relatives friends and acquaintances for
a friendly alliance with one or
more persons who will encourage one to
follow through with both plan and
purpose these four steps are essential
for success in all walks of life the
entire purpose of the thirteen
principles of this philosophy is to
enable one to take these four steps as a
matter of habit these are the steps by
which one may control one's economic
destiny
they are the steps that lead to freedom
and independence of thought there are
the steps that lead to riches in small
or great quantities they lead the way to
power Fame and worldly recognition they
are the four steps which guarantee
favorable breaks they are the steps that
convert dreams into physical realities
they lead also to the mastery of fear
discouragement indifference there is a
magnificent reward for all who learn to
take these four steps it is the
privilege of writing one's own ticket
and of making life yield whatever price
is asked I have no way of knowing the
facts but I ventured to conjecture that
mrs. Wallis Simpsons great love for a
man was not accidental nor the result of
favorable breaks alone there was a
burning desire and careful searching at
every step of the way
her first duty was to love what is the
greatest thing on earth the master
called it love not man-made rules
criticism bitterness slander or
political marriages but love she knew
what she wanted not after she met the
Prince of Wales but long before that
twice when she had failed to find it she
had the courage to continue her search
to thine own self be true and it must
follow as the night the day thou canst
not then be false to any man her rise
from obscurity was of the slow
progressive persistent order but it was
sure she triumphed over unbelievably
long odds and no matter who you are or
what you may think of Wallis Simpson or
the king who gave up his crown for her
love she is an astounding example of
applied persistence an instructor on
rules of self-determination from whom
the entire world might profitably take
lessons when you think of Wallis Simpson
think of one who knew what she wanted
and shook the greatest empire on earth
to get it women who complained that this
is a man's world that women do not have
an equal chance to win oh it to
themselves to study carefully the life
of this unusual woman who at an age
which most women consider old captured
the affections of the most desirable
bachelor in the entire world and what if
King Edward what lesson may we learn
from his part in the world's greatest
drama of recent times did he pay too
high a price for the affections of the
woman of his choice surely no one but he
can give the correct answer the rest of
us can only conjecture this much we know
the king came into the world without his
own consent he was born to great riches
without requesting them he was
persistently sought in marriage
politicians and statesmen throughout
Europe tossed dowager's and princesses
at his feet because he was the firstborn
of his parents he inherited a crown
which he did not seek and perhaps did
not design her for more than forty years
he was not a free agent could not live
his life in his own way had but little
privacy
and finally assumed duties inflicted
upon him when he ascended the throne
some will say with all these blessings
King Edward should have found peace of
mind contentment and joy of living the
truth is that back of all the privileges
of a crown all the money the fame and
the power inherited by King Edward there
was an emptiness which could be filled
only by love his greatest desire was for
love long before he met Wallis Simpson
he doubtless felt this great Universal
emotion tugging of the strings of his
heart beating upon the door of his soul
and crying out for expression and when
he met a kindred spirit crying out for
the same holy privilege of expression he
recognized it and without fear or
apology opened his heart and batted
Enter
all the scandalmongers in the world
cannot destroy the beauty of this
international drama through which two
people found love and had the courage to
face open criticism renounce all else to
give it whole the expression King
Edward's decision to give up the crown
of the world's most powerful Empire for
the privilege of going the remainder of
the way through life with a woman of his
choice was a decision that required
courage the decision also had a price
but who has the right to say the price
was too great surely not he who said he
among you who is without sin let him
cast the first stone as a suggestion to
any evil minded person who chooses to
find fault with the duke of windsor
because his desire was for love and for
openly declaring his love for Wallis
Simpson and giving up his throne for her
let it be remembered that the open
declaration was not essential he could
have followed the custom of clandestine
liaison which has prevailed in Europe
for centuries without giving up either
his throne or the woman of his choice
and there would have been no complaint
from either church or lantee but this
unusual man was built of sterner stuff
his love was clean it was deep and
sincere it represented the one thing
which above all else he truly desired
therefore he took what he wanted and
paid the price demanded if Europe had
been blessed with more rulers with a
human heart and the traits of honesty of
X King Edward for the past century that
unfortunate hemisphere now seething with
greed hate lust political connivance and
threats of war would have a different
and a better story to tell a story in
which love and not hate would rule in
the words of Stuart Austin we're we
raise our cup and drink this toast 2x
King Edward and Wallis Simpson blessed
is the man who has come to know that our
muted thoughts are our sweetest thoughts
blessed is the man who from the blackest
depths can see the luminous figure of
love and seeing sing and singing say
sweeter far than uttered lays are the
thoughts I have of you in these words
would we pay tribute to the two people
who more than all others of modern times
have been the victims of criticism and
the recipients of abuse because they
found life's greatest treasure and
claimed it note mrs. Simpson read and
approved this analysis most of the world
will applaud the Duke of Windsor and
Wallis Simpson because of their
persistence in searching until they
found a life's greatest reward all of us
can profit by following their example in
our own search for that which we demand
of life
what mystical power gives to men of
persistence the capacity to master
difficulties does the quality of
persistence set up in one's mind some
form of spiritual mental or chemical
activity which gives one access to
supernatural forces does infinite
intelligence throw itself on the side of
the person who still fights on after the
battle has been lost with the whole
world on the opposing side these and
many other similar questions have arisen
in my mind as I have observed men like
Henry Ford who started at scratch and
built an industrial empire of huge
proportions with little Laos in the way
of a beginning but persistence or Thomas
a Edison who with less than three months
of schooling became the world's leading
inventor and converted persistence into
the talking machine the moving picture
machine and the incandescent light to
say nothing of half a hundred other
useful inventions
I had the happy privilege of analyzing
both mr. Edison and mr. Ford year by
year over a long period of years and
therefore the opportunity to study them
at close range
so I speak from actual knowledge when I
say that I found no quality save
persistence in either of them that even
remotely suggested the major source of
their stupendous achievements as one
makes an impartial study of the prophets
philosophers miracle men and religious
leaders of the past one is drawn to the
inevitable conclusion that persistence
concentration of effort and definiteness
of purpose were the major sources of
their
treatments consider for example the
strange and fascinating story of
Muhammad analyze his life compare him
with men of achievement in this modern
age of Industry and finance and observe
how they have one outstanding trait in
common persistence if you are keenly
interested in studying the strange power
which gives potency to persistence read
a biography of Muhammad especially the
one by Assad Bey this brief review of
that book by Thomas sugru in The Herald
Tribune will provide a preview of the
rare treat in store for those who take
the time to read the entire story of one
of the most astounding examples of the
power of persistence known to
civilization
the last great prophet reviewed by
Thomas sugru Muhammad was a prophet but
he never performed a miracle he was not
a mystic he had no formal schooling he
did not begin his mission until he was
40 when he announced that he was The
Messenger of God bringing word of the
true religion he was ridiculed and
labelled a lunatic children tripped him
and women threw filth upon him he was
banished from his native city Mecca and
his followers were stripped of their
worldly goods and sent into the desert
after him when he had been preaching ten
years he had nothing to show for it but
banishment poverty and ridicule yet
before another ten years had passed he
was dictator of all Arabia ruler of
Mecca and the head of a new world
religion which was to sweep to the
Danube in the Pyrenees before exhausting
the impetus he gave it that impetus was
threefold the power of words the
efficacy of prayer and man's kinship
with God his career never made sense
Muhammad was born to impoverished
members of a leading family of Mecca
because Mecca the crossroads of the
world home of the magic stone called the
Kaaba great city of trade and the center
of trade routes was unsanitary its
children were sent to be raised in the
desert by Bedouin zhh Muhammad was thus
nurtured drawing strength and health
from the milk of nomads
mothers he tended sheep and soon hired
out to a rich widow as leader of her
caravans he travelled to all parts of
the Eastern world talked with many men
of diverse beliefs and observed the
decline of Christianity into warring
sects when he was 28 Khadijah the widow
looked upon him with favor and married
him her father would have objected to
such a marriage so she got him drunk and
held him up while he gave the paternal
blessing for the next 12 years Muhammad
lived as a rich and respected and very
shrewd trader then he took to wandering
in the desert and one day he returned
with the first verse of the Quran and
told Khadija that the Archangel Gabriel
had appeared to him and said that he was
to be the Messenger of God the Quran the
revealed Word of God was the closest
thing to a miracle in Muhammad's life he
had not been a poet he had no gift of
words yet the verses of the Quran as he
received them and recited them to the
faithful were better than any verses
which the professional poets of the
tribes could produce this to the Arabs
was a miracle to them the gift of words
was the greatest gift the poet was
all-powerful in addition the Quran said
that all men were equal before God that
the world should be a democratic state
Islam it was this political heresy plus
Muhammad's desire to destroy all the 360
idols in the courtyard of the Kaaba
which brought about his banishment the
idols brought the desert tribes to Mecca
and that meant trade so the businessmen
of Mecca the capitalists of which he had
been one set upon Muhammad then he
retreated to the desert and demanded
sovereignty over the world the rise of
Islam began out of the desert came a
flame which would not be extinguished a
democratic army fighting as a unit and
prepared to die without wincing Muhammad
had invited the Jews and Christians to
join him for he was not building a new
religion he was calling all who believed
in one God to join in a single faith he
the Jews and Christians had accepted his
invitation Islam would have conquered
the world they didn't they would not
even accept Muhammad's innovation of
humane warfare when the armies of the
Prophet entered Jerusalem not a single
person was killed because of his faith
when the Crusaders entered the city
centuries later not a Moslem man woman
or child was spared but the Christians
did accept one Muslim idea the place of
learning the University
