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Abroad he met the notables of the earth. At home he made hosts of friends and loyal admirers. It is worth while noting that as a lawyer he would never take a case, either civil or criminal, that he considered wrong. It was basic with him that he could not and would not fight on what he thought was the wrong side. ABROAD HE MET THE NOTABLES OF THE EARTH AT HOME HE MADE HOSTS OF FRIENDS AND LOYAL ADMIRERS IT WAS WORTH NOTING THAT AS A LAWYER HE WOULD NEVER TAKE A CASE EITHER CIVIL OR CRIMINAL THAT HE CONSIDERED WRONG IT WAS BASIC WITH HIM THAT HE COULD NOT AND WOULD NOT FIGHT IF HE THOUGHT HE WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE
get readily into his life-work. He might have seemed almost a failure until he was well on toward forty, for although he kept making successes they were not permanent successes, and he did not settle himself into a definite line. He restlessly went westward to make his home, and then restlessly returned to the East. After the war was over he was a lawyer, he was a lecturer, he was an editor, he went around the world as a correspondent, he wrote books. He kept making money, and kept losing it; he lost it through fire, through investments, through aiding his friends. It is probable that the unsettledness of the years following the war was due to the unsettling effect of the war itself, which thus, in its influence, broke into his mature life after breaking into his years at Yale. But however that may be, those seething, changing, stirring years were years of vital importance to him, for in the myriad experiences of that time he was building the foundation of the Conwell that was to come. NEST YET CONWELL DID NOT READILY GET INTO HIS LIFE WORK HE MIGHT HAVE SEEMED ALMOST A FAILURE UNTIL HE WAS WELL ON TOWARD FORTY FOR ALTHOUGH HE KEPT MAKING SUCCESSES THEY WERE NOT PERMANENT SUCCESSES AND HE DID NOT SETTLE HIMSELF INTO A DEFINITE LINE HE RESTLESSLY WENT WESTWARD TO MAKE HIS HOME AND THEN RESTLESSLY RETURNED TO THE EAST AFTER THE WAR WAS OVER HE WAS A LAWYER HE WAS A LECTURER HE WAS AN EDITOR HE WENT AROUND THE WORLD AS A CORRESPONDENT HE WROTE BOOKS HE KEPT MAKING MONEY AND KEPT LOSING IT HE LOST IT THROUGH FIRE THROUGH INVESTMENTS THROUGH AIDING HIS FRIENDS IT IS PROBABLE THAT THE UNSETTLEDNESS OF THE YEARS FOLLOWING THE WAR WAS DUE TO THE UNSETTLING EFFECT OF THE WAR ITSELF WHICH THUS IN ITS INFLUENCE BROKE INTO HIS MATURE LIFE AFTER BREAKING INTO HIS YEARS AT YALE BUT HOWEVER THIS MAY BE THOSE SEETHING CHANGING STIRRING YEARS WERE YEARS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO HIM FOR IN THE MYRIAD EXPERIENCES OF THAT TIME HE WAS BUILDING THE FOUNDATION OF THE CONWELL THAT WAS TO COME
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