Comment by pookha

Doesn't at all read like a step-by-step guide to make money. I got more of a "7 habits of effective people" for the 19th century vibe. I honestly don't even think he wrote this. He's probably just licensing his name to a ghost written document and signing off on the bullet points.

Edit:

I was curious about this and it looks like he wrote this after he'd fallen on hard times.