DESIRE
Jun 07, 2025•20 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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Episode description
CHAPTER 2
DESIRE
THE STARTING POINT OF ALL ACHIEVEMENT
The First Step toward Riches
WHEN Edwin C. Barnes climbed down from the freight train in Orange,
N. J., more than thirty years ago, he may have resembled a tramp, but his
thoughts were those of a king!
As he made his way from the railroad tracks to Thomas A. Edison's office,
his mind was at work. He saw himself standing in Edison's presence. He
heard
himself asking Mr. Edison for an opportunity to carry out the one
CONSUMING
OBSESSION OF HIS LIFE, a BURNING DESIRE to become the business
associate
of the great inventor.
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