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Henry Ward Beecher, John B. Gough, Senator Charles Sumner, Theodore Tilton, Wendell Phillips, Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, Bayard Taylor, Ralph Waldo Emerson, with many of the great preachers, musicians, and writers of that remarkable era. HENRY WARD BEECHER JOHN B GOUGH SENATOR CHARLES SUMNER THEODORE TILTON WENDELL PHILLIPS MISSUS MARY A LIVERMORE BAYARD TAYLOR RALPH WALDO EMERSON AND MANY OF THE GREAT PREACHERS MUSICIANS AND WRITERS OF THAT REMARKABLE ERA
 year, at an average income of about one hundred and fifty dollars for each lecture. It was a remarkable good fortune which came to me as a lecturer when Mr. James Redpath organized the first lecture bureau ever established. Mr. Redpath was the biographer of John Brown of Harper’s Ferry renown, and as Mr. Brown had been long a friend of my father’s I found employment, while a student on vacation, in selling that life of John Brown. That acquaintance with Mr. Redpath was maintained until Mr. Redpath’s death. To General Charles H. Taylor, with whom I was employed for a time as reporter for the Boston _Daily Traveler_, I was indebted for many acts of self-sacrificing friendship which soften my soul as I recall them. He did me the greatest kindness when he suggested my name to Mr. Redpath as one who could “fill in the vacancies in the smaller towns” where the “great lights could not always be secured.” What a glorious galaxy of great names that original list of Redpath lecturers contained! YEAR AT AN AVERAGE INCOME OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH LECTURE IT WAS A REMARKABLE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH CAME TO ME AS A LECTURER WHEN MISTER JAMES REDPATH ORGANIZED THE FIRST LECTURE BUREAU EVER ESTABLISHED MISTER REDPATH WAS THE BIOGRAPHER OF JOHN BROWN OF HARPER'S FERRY RENOWN AND AS MISTER BROWN HAD LONG BEEN A FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S I FOUND EMPLOYMENT WHILE A STUDENT ON VACATION IN SELLING THAT LIFE OF JOHN BROWN THAT ACQUAINTANCE WITH MISTER REDPATH WAS MAINTAINED UNTIL MISTER REDPATH'S DEATH TO GENERAL CHARLES H TAYLOR WITH WHOM I WAS EMPLOYED FOR A TIME AS A REPORTER FOR THE BOSTON DAILY TRAVELLER I WAS INDEBTED FOR MANY ACTS OF SELF SACRIFICING FRIENDSHIP WHICH SOFTEN MY SOUL AS I RECALL THEM HE DID ME THE GREATEST KINDNESS WHEN HE SUGGESTED MY NAME TO MISTER REDPATH AS ONE WHO COULD FILL IN THE VACANCIES IN THE SMALLER TOWNS WHERE THE GREAT LIGHTS COULD NOT ALWAYS BE SECURED WHAT A GLORIOUS GALAXY OF GREAT NAMES THAT ORIGINAL LIST OF REDPATH LECTURERS CONTAINED
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