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'''Norman Vincent Peale''' (1898 - 1993) was a prominent [[America]]n [[preacher]] and writer who wrote ''The power of positive thinking''. He wrote many other books, and was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]].

'''Norman Vincent Peale''' (1898 - 1993) was a prominent [[America]]n [[preacher]] and writer who wrote the  ''The Power of Positive Thinking'', which has been  sold over 20 million times and been translated into over forty languages.<ref>http://normanvincentpeale.wwwhubs.com/</ref> He wrote many other books, and was awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]] by [[President]] [[Ronald Reagan]].

Norman Vincent Peale once said, ''Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.'' However, he was also a practicing [[Freemason]].<ref>http://www.srmason-sj.org/council/fmrel.htm</ref>

Norman Vincent Peale once said, ''Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.'' However, he was also a practicing [[Freemason]].<ref>http://www.srmason-sj.org/council/fmrel.htm</ref>

Norman Vincent Peale was also a distant descendant of [[Charles Willson Peale]], the popular Victorian painter who painted the photo of [[George Washington]] popularly attributed to [[Gilbert Stewart]].

Norman Vincent Peale was also a distant descendant of [[Charles Willson Peale]], the popular Victorian painter who painted the photo of [[George Washington]] popularly attributed to [[Gilbert Stewart]].

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