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"I want to say, more fully than a mere casual word, how nobly the work was taken up by volunteer helpers; professors from the University of Pennsylvania and teachers from the public schools and other local institutions gave freely of what time they could until the new venture was firmly on its way. I WANT TO SAY MORE FULLY THAN A MERE CASUAL WORD HOW NOBLY THE WORK WAS TAKEN UP BY VOLUNTEER HELPERS PROFESSORS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA AND TEACHERS FROM THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND OTHER LOCAL INSTITUTIONS GAVE FREELY OF WHAT TIME THEY COULD UNTIL THE NEW VENTURE WAS FIRMLY ON ITS WAY
at it is the beginning of anything that is important, and that if a thing is but earnestly begun and set going in the right way it may just as easily develop big results as little results. But his story was very far indeed from being “all there was to it,” for he had quite omitted to state the extraordinary fact that, beginning with those seven pupils, coming to his library on an evening in 1884, the Temple University has numbered, up to Commencement-time in 1915, 88,821 students! Nearly one hundred thousand students, and in the lifetime of the founder! Really, the magnitude of such a work cannot be exaggerated, nor the vast importance of it when it is considered that most of these eighty-eight thousand students would not have received their education had it not been for Temple University. And it all came from the instant response of Russell Conwell to the immediate need presented by a young man without money! “And there is something else I want to say,” said Dr. Conwell, unexpectedly. HAT IF THE THING IS BUT EARNESTLY BEGUN AND YOU SET IT ON THE RIGHT WAY IT MAY JUST AS EASILY DEVELOP THE BIG RESULTS AS LITTLE RESULTS BUT HIS STORY WAS VERY FAR FROM BEING ALL THERE WAS TO IT HE HAD QUITE OMITTED TO STATE THE EXTRAORDINARY THOUGHT THAT BEGINNING WITH THOSE SEVEN PUPILS COMING TO HIS LIBRARY IN THE EVENING IN EIGHTEEN EIGHTY FOUR THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HAS NUMBERED UP TO THE COMMENCEMENT TIME IN NINETEEN FIFTY EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY ONE STUDENTS NEARLY ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND STUDENTS AND IN THE LIFETIME OF THE FOUNDER REALLY THE MAGNITUDE OF SUCH A WORK CANNOT BE EXAGGERATED NOR THE VAST IMPORTANCE OF IT WHEN IT IS CONSIDERED THAT MOST OF THOSE EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND STUDENTS WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED THEIR EDUCATION HAD IT NOT BEEN FOR TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AND IT ALL CAME FROM THE INSTANT RESPONSE OF RUSSELL CONWELL TO THE IMMEDIATE NEED PRESENTED BY A YOUNG MAN WITHOUT MONEY AND THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE I WANTED TO SAY SAID DOCTOR CONWELL UNEXPECTEDLY
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