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The name of Lincoln was then scarcely known, and it was by mere chance that young Conwell happened to be in New York on that day. THE NAME OF LINCOLN WAS THEN SCARCELY KNOWN AND IT WAS BY MERE CHANCE THAT YOUNG CONWELL HAPPENED TO BE IN NEW YORK ON THAT DAY
 passengers on a supposedly sinking ship; saving lives even when a boy; never disappointing a single audience of the thousands of audiences he has arranged to address during all his years of lecturing! He himself takes a little pride in this last point, and it is characteristic of him that he has actually forgotten that just once he did fail to appear: he has quite forgotten that one evening, on his way to a lecture, he stopped a runaway horse to save two women’s lives, and went in consequence to a hospital instead of to the platform! And it is typical of him to forget that sort of thing. The emotional temperament of Conwell has always made him responsive to the great, the striking, the patriotic. He was deeply influenced by knowing John Brown, and his brief memories of Lincoln are intense, though he saw him but three times in all. The first time he saw Lincoln was on the night when the future President delivered the address, which afterward became so famous, in Cooper Union, New York. OD TO THEE TO QUIET THE PASSENGERS ON A SUPPOSEDLY SINKING SHIP SAVING LIVES EVEN WHEN A BOY NEVER DISAPPOINTING A SINGLE AUDIENCE OF THOUSANDS OF AUDIENCES HE HAS ARRANGED TO ADDRESS DURING ALL HIS YEARS OF LECTURING HE HIMSELF TAKES LITTLE PRIDE IN THIS LAST POINT AND IT IS A CHARACTERISTIC OF HIM THAT HE HAS ACTUALLY FORGOTTEN THAT JUST ONCE HE DID FAIL TO APPEAR HE WAS QUITE FORGOTTEN THAT ONE EVENING ON HIS WAY TO A LECTURE HE STOPPED A RUNAWAY HORSE TO SAVE TWO WOMEN'S LIVES AND WHEN IN CONSEQUENCE TO THE HOSPITAL INSTEAD OF THE PLATFORM AND IT WAS TYPICAL OF HIM TO FORGET THAT SORT OF THING THE EMOTIONAL TEMPERAMENT OF CONWELL HAS ALWAYS MADE HIM RESPONSIVE TO THE GREAT THE STRIKING THE PATRIOTIC HE WAS DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY KNOWING JOHN BROWN AND HIS BRIEF MEMORIES OF LINCOLN ARE INTENSE THOUGH HE SAW HIM BUT THREE TIMES IN ALL THE FIRST TIME HE SAW LINCOLN WAS ON THE NIGHT WHEN THE FUTURE PRESIDENT DELIVERED HIS ADDRESS WHICH AFTERWARDS BECAME SO FAMOUS IN COOPER UNION NEW YORK
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