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In the last thirty six years I have dedicated solemnly all the lecture income to benevolent enterprises. If I am antiquated enough for an autobiography, perhaps I may be aged enough to avoid the criticism of being an egotist, when I state that some years I delivered one lecture, "Acres of Diamonds," over two hundred times each year, at an average income of about one hundred and fifty dollars for each lecture. IN THE LAST THIRTY SIX YEARS I HAVE DEDICATED SOLEMNLY ALL MY LECTURE INCOME TO BENEVOLENT ENTERPRISES IF I AM ANTIQUATED ENOUGH FOR AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERHAPS I MAY BE AGED ENOUGH TO AVOID THE CRITICISM OF BEING AN EGOIST WHEN I STATE THAT SOME YEARS I HAVE DELIVERED ONE LECTURE ACRES OF DIAMONDS OVER TWO HUNDRED TIMES EACH YEAR AT AN AVERAGE INCOME OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH LECTURE
ments, debates, cattle-shows, and sewing-circles without partiality and without price. For the first five years the income was all experience. Then voluntary gifts began to come occasionally in the shape of a jack-knife, a ham, a book, and the first cash remuneration was from a farmers’ club, of seventy-five cents toward the “horse hire.” It was a curious fact that one member of that club afterward moved to Salt Lake City and was a member of the committee at the Mormon Tabernacle in 1872 which, when I was a correspondent, on a journey around the world, employed me to lecture on “Men of the Mountains” in the Mormon Tabernacle, at a fee of five hundred dollars. While I was gaining practice in the first years of platform work, I had the good fortune to have profitable employment as a soldier, or as a correspondent or lawyer, or as an editor or as a preacher, which enabled me to pay my own expenses, and it has been seldom in the fifty years that I have ever taken a fee for my personal use. IVERSARIES COMMENCEMENTS DEBATES CATTLE SHOWS AND SEWING CIRCLES WITHOUT PARTIALITY AND WITHOUT PRICE FOR THE FIRST FIVE YEARS THE INCOME WAS ALL EXPERIENCE THEN VOLUNTARY GIFTS BEGAN TO COME OCCASIONALLY IN THE SHAPE OF A JACK KNIFE A HAM A BOOK AND THE FIRST CASH REMUNERATION WAS FROM A FARMERS CLUB OF SEVENTY FIVE CENTS TOWARD THE HORSE HIRE IT WAS A CURIOUS FACT THAT ONE MEMBER OF THE CLUB AFTERWARD MOVED TO SALT LAKE CITY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AT THE MORMON TABERNACLE IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO WHICH WHEN I WAS A CORRESPONDENT ON A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD EMPLOYED ME TO LECTURE ON MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MORMON TABERNACLE AT A FEE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHILE I WAS GAINING PRACTICE IN THE FIRST YEARS OF PLATFORM WORK I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT AS A SOLDIER OR AS A CORRESPONDENT OR LAWYER OR AS AN EDITOR OR AS A PREACHER WHICH ENABLED ME TO PAY MY OWN EXPENSES AND IT IS SELDOM IN THE FIFTY YEARS THAT I HAVE EVER TAKEN A FEE FOR MY PERSONAL USE
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