Prentice Mulford
1834 – 1891 · United States · New Thought, Literature
Essayist who popularised 'thoughts are things' and the idea of mental forces.
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- Wallace Wattles
1860 – 1911 · New Thought, Economics
Thought-as-force writing precedes and feeds The Science of Getting Rich.
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