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"And now," says Conwell, abruptly, with his characteristic skim ming over of the intermediate details between the important beginning of a thing and the satisfactory end, "and now that young man is one of our college presidents." And very recently a lady came to Dr. Conwell, the wife of an exceptionally prominent man who was earning a large salary, and she told him that her husband was so unselfishly generous with money that often they were almost in straits. AND NOW SAYS CONWELL ABRUPTLY WITH HIS CHARACTERISTIC SKIMMING OVER THE INTERMEDIATE DETAILS BETWEEN THE IMPORTANT BEGINNING OF A THING AND THE SATISFACTORY END AND NOW THAT YOUNG MAN IS ONE OF OUR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND VERY RECENTLY A LADY CAME TO DOCTOR CONWELL THE WIFE OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY PROMINENT MAN WHO WAS EARNING A LARGE SALARY AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT HER HUSBAND WAS SO UNSELFISHLY GENEROUS WITH MONEY THAT THEY OFTEN WERE ALMOST IN STRAITS
 fun of it, not in the least as if he were laughing at his own humor, but as if he and his hearers were laughing together at something of which they were all humorously cognizant. Myriad successes in life have come through the direct inspiration of this single lecture. One hears of so many that there must be vastly more that are never told. A few of the most recent were told me by Dr. Conwell himself, one being of a farmer boy who walked a long distance to hear him. On his way home, so the boy, now a man, has written him, he thought over and over of what he could do to advance himself, and before he reached home he learned that a teacher was wanted at a certain country school. He knew he did not know enough to teach, but was sure he could learn, so he bravely asked for the place. And something in his earnestness made him win a temporary appointment. Thereupon he worked and studied so hard and so devotedly, while he daily taught, that within a few months he was regularly employed there. N OF IT AND NOT IN THE LEAST AS IF HE WERE LAUGHING IN HIS OWN HUMOR BUT AS IF HE AND HIS HEARERS WERE LAUGHING TOGETHER AT SOMETHING WHICH THEY WERE ALL HUMOROUSLY COGNIZANT MYRIAD'S SUCCESSES IN LIFE HAVE COME THROUGH THE DIRECT INSPIRATION OF THIS SINGLE LECTURE FOR ONE HEARS OF SO MANY THAT THERE MUST BE VASTLY MORE THAT ARE NEVER TOLD A FEW OF THE MOST RECENT WERE TOLD ME BY DOCTOR CONWELL HIMSELF ONE BEING OF A FARMER'S BOY WHO WALKED ALONG A GREAT DISTANCE TO HEAR HIM ON THE WAY HOME SO THE BOY NOW A MAN HAS WRITTEN HIM HE THOUGHT OVER AND OVER OF WHAT HE COULD DO TO ADVANCE HIMSELF AND BEFORE HE REACHED HOME HE LEARNED THAT A TEACHER WAS WANTED AT A CERTAIN COUNTRY SCHOOL HE KNEW THAT HE DID NOT KNOW ENOUGH TO TEACH BUT WAS SURE HE COULD LEARN SO HE BRAVELY ASKED FOR THE PLACE AND SOMETHING IN HIS EARNESTNESS MADE HIM WIN A TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT THEREUPON HE WORKED AND STUDIED SO HARD AND SO DEVOUTLY WHILE HE DAILY TAUGHT THAT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS HE WAS REGULARLY EMPLOYED THERE
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