R. Conwell made famous the...
R. Conwell made famous the story about a wealthy Persian, Ali Hafed, who suddenly
became poor because someone told him about how valuable diamonds were, and he
didn't have any. He sold his property and spent his life looking for diamonds which he
never found. He committed suicide in his poverty and despair.
One day, the man to whom he sold his property picked up a sparkling rock and placed it
on his mantel. The man who first told about diamonds returned and seeing the rock on the
mantel, thought Ali Hafed had returned. "No," the new owner said, "I found this where
