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He who can give to this city better streets and better sidewalks, better schools and more colleges, more happiness and more civilization, more of God, he will be great anywhere. Let every man or woman here, if you never hear me again, remember this, that if you wish to be great at all, you must begin where you are and what you are, in Philadelphia, now. HE WHO CAN GIVE TO THIS CITY BETTER STREETS AND BETTER SIDEWALKS BETTER SCHOOLS AND MORE COLLEGES MORE HAPPINESS AND MORE CIVILIZATION MORE OF GOD HE WILL BE GREAT ANYWHERE LET EVERY MAN OR WOMAN HEAR IF YOU NEVER HEAR ME AGAIN REMEMBER THIS THAT IF YOU WISH TO BE GREAT AT ALL YOU MUST BEGIN WHERE YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE IN PHILADELPHIA NOW
mpany of my soldiers who had carried that boy across the Carolina rivers that he might not wet his feet. Some of them had gone far out to get a pig or a chicken. Some of them had gone to death under the shell-swept pines in the mountains of Tennessee, yet in the good man’s speech they were scarcely known. He did refer to them, but only incidentally. The hero of the hour was this boy. Did the nation owe him anything? No, nothing then and nothing now. Why was he the hero? Simply because that man fell into that same human error--that this boy was great because he was an officer and these were only private soldiers. Oh, I learned the lesson then that I will never forget so long as the tongue of the bell of time continues to swing for me. Greatness consists not in the holding of some future office, but really consists in doing great deeds with little means and the accomplishment of vast purposes from the private ranks of life. To be great at all one must be great here, now, in Philadelphia. AT HOUSE THERE SAT THE COMPANY OF MY SOLDIERS WHO HAD CARRIED THAT BOY ACROSS THE CAROLINA RIVERS THAT HE MIGHT NOT WET HIS FEET SOME OF THEM HAD GONE FAR OUT TO GET A PIG OR A CHICKEN SOME OF THEM HAD GONE TO DEATH UNDER THE SHELL SWEPT PINES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE YET IN THE GOOD MAN'S SPEECH THEY WERE SCARCELY KNOWN HE DID REFER TO THEM BUT ONLY INCIDENTALLY THE HERO OF THE HOUR WAS THIS BOY DID THE NATION OWE HIM ANYTHING NO NOTHING THEN NOTHING NOW WHY WAS HE THE HERO SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT MAN FELL INTO THE SAME HUMAN ERROR THAT THIS BOY WAS GREAT BECAUSE HE WAS AN OFFICER AND THESE WERE ONLY PRIVATE SOLDIERS OH I LEARNED THE LESSON THEN THAT I WILL NEVER FORGET SO LONG AS THE TONGUE OF THE BELL OF TIME CONTINUES TO SWING FOR ME GREATNESS CONSISTS NOT IN THE HOLDING OF SOME FUTURE OFFICE BUT REALLY CONSISTS IN DOING GREAT DEEDS WITH LITTLE MEANS AND THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF VAST PURPOSES FROM THE PRIVATE RANKS OF LIFE TO BE GREAT AT ALL ONE MUST BE GREAT HERE NOW IN PHILADELPHIA
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