Other writers have fully and accurately described the road, and my only hope is that these hastily written lines will inspire the young man or young woman to arise and go.
Russell Herman Conwell was a Baptist minister, philanthropist, lawyer, and writer best remembered as the founder of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for his inspirational lecture, Acres of Diamonds.
Very short book. Takes less than 2 hours to read if you're a slow reader. It reads like a commencement speech, and it's content may as well be a commencement speech. It is also an old book, the author met Abraham Lincoln. As a commencement speech, this book was pretty good.
A quick read about the power of will, a classic from its generation though in this modern age this explanation already backed up with more scientific experiments on neurology.