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Conwell had organized it, and it consisted of a number of classes and teachers, meeting in highly inadequate quarters in two little houses. CONWELL HAD ORGANIZED IT AND IT CONSISTED OF A NUMBER OF CLASSES AND TEACHERS MEETING IN HIGHLY INADEQUATE QUARTERS IN TWO LITTLE HOUSES
avorites is that ‘It will all come out right some time!’ And of course we had a rare opportunity to tell him that he ought never to be discouraged. And it is so seldom that he is!” When the big new church was building the members of the church were vaguely disturbed by noticing, when the structure reached the second story, that at that height, on the side toward the vacant and unbought land adjoining, there were several doors built that opened literally into nothing but space! When asked about these doors and their purpose, Dr. Conwell would make some casual reply, generally to the effect that they might be excellent as fire-escapes. To no one, for quite a while, did he broach even a hint of the great plan that was seething in his mind, which was that the buildings of a university were some day to stand on that land immediately adjoining the church! At that time the university, the Temple University as it is now called, was not even a college, although it was probably called a college.  HIM KNOW THAT ONE OF HIS FAVORITES IS THAT IT WILL ALL COME OUT RIGHT SOMETIME AND OF COURSE WE HAD A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO TELL HIM THAT HE OUGHT NEVER BE DISCOURAGED FOR IT IS SELDOM THAT HE IS IN THE BIG NEW CHURCH BUILDING THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH WERE VAGUELY DISTURBED BY NOTICING WHEN THE STRUCTURE REACHED THE SECOND STORY THAT AT ITS HEIGHT ON ONE SIDE TOWARD THE VACANT AND UNDOUBTED LAND ADJOINING THERE WERE SEVERAL DOORS BUILT THAT OPENED LITERALLY INTO NOTHING BUT SPACE WHEN ASKED ABOUT THOSE DOORS AND THEIR PURPOSE DOCTOR CONWELL WOULD MAKE SOME CASUAL REPLY GENERALLY TO THE EFFECT THAT THEY MIGHT BE EXCELLENT AS FIRE ESCAPES TO NO ONE FOR QUITE A WHILE DID HE BROACH EVEN A HINT OF THE GREATEST PLAN THAT WAS SOMETHING ON HIS MIND WHICH WAS THAT THE BUILDINGS OF THE UNIVERSITY SOME DAY WOULD STAND ON THE LAND IMMEDIATELY JOINING THE CHURCH AND AT THAT TIME THE UNIVERSITY THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AS IT IS NOW CALLED WAS NOT EVEN A COLLEGE ALTHOUGH IT WAS PROBABLY CALLED A COLLEGE
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