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And that, when you come to know him, is precisely what he means you to understand  that 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. AND THAT WHEN WE COME TO KNOW HIM IS PRECISELY WHAT HE MEANS YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS THE BEGINNING OF ANYTHING THAT IS IMPORTANT AND THAT 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
nto the waning light, and I knew that his mind was busy with those days of the beginning of the institution he so loves, and whose continued success means so much to him. In a little while he went on: “That was the beginning of it, and there is little more to tell. By the third evening the number of pupils had increased to forty; others joined in helping me, and a room was hired; then a little house, then a second house. From a few students and teachers we became a college. After a while our buildings went up on Broad Street alongside the Temple Church, and after another while we became a university. From the first our aim”--(I noticed how quickly it had become “our” instead of “my”)--“our aim was to give education to those who were unable to get it through the usual channels. And so that was really all there was to it.” That was typical of Russell Conwell--to tell with brevity of what he has done, to point out the beginnings of something, and quite omit to elaborate as to the results. E WAS LOOKING OUT THOUGHTFULLY OVER THE WANING LIGHT AND I KNEW THAT HIS MIND WAS BUSY IN THOSE DAYS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE INSTITUTION HE SO LOVES AND WHOSE CONTINUED SUCCESS MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM IN A LITTLE WHILE HE WENT ON THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF IT AND THERE WAS LITTLE MORE TO TELL BY THE THIRD EVENING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS HAD INCREASED OF FORTY OTHERS JOINED IN HELPING ME AND A ROOM WAS HIGHER THAN A LITTLE HOUSE THAN A SECOND HOUSE FROM A FEW STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WE BECAME A COLLEGE AFTER A WHILE OUR BUILDINGS WENT UP ON BROAD STREET ALONGSIDE THE TEMPLE CHURCH AND AFTER ANOTHER WHILE WE BECAME A UNIVERSITY FROM THE FIRST OUR AIM I NOTICE HOW QUICKLY IT HAD BECOME OUR INSTEAD OF MY OUR AIM WAS TO GIVE AN EDUCATION TO THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO GET IT THROUGH THE USUAL CHANNELS AND SO THAT WAS REALLY ALL THERE WAS TO IT THAT WAS TYPICAL OF RUSSELL CONWELL TO TELL OF BREVITY OF WHAT HE HAS DONE TO POINT OUT THE BEGINNINGS OF SOMETHING AND QUITE OMIT TO ELABORATE AS TO THE RESULTS
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