Fundamentals of Prosperity: What They Are and Whence They Come by Roger Ward Babson

People have forgotten the gospel of service. The producing power per man has fallen off from fifteen to twenty percent. We have all been keen on developing consumption. We have devoted nine-tenths of our thought, energy and effort to developing consumption. This message is to beg of every reader to give more thought to developing production, to the reviving of a desire to produce and the realization of joy in production. –Foreword