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And after securing possession, as he did in middle age, of the house where he was born and of a great acreage around about, he had one of the most enjoyable times of his life in tearing down old buildings that needed to be destroyed and in heaping up fallen trees and rubbish and in piling great heaps of wood and setting the great piles ablaze. AND AFTER SECURING POSSESSION AS HE DID IN THE MIDDLE AGE OF A HOUSE WHERE HE WAS BORN AND OF THE GREAT ACREAGE AROUND HE HAD MOST OF THE ENJOYABLE TIMES OF HIS LIFE TEARING DOWN OLD BUILDINGS THAT NEEDED TO BE DESTROYED AND HEAPING UP FALLEN TREES AND RUBBISH AND PILING IN GREAT HEAPS OF WOOD AND SETTING THE GREAT PILES ABLAZE
 this he meant either personally or in collaboration with the American biographer Abbott. The many-sidedness of Conwell is one of the things that is always fascinating. After you have quite got the feeling that he is peculiarly a man of to-day, lecturing on to-day’s possibilities to the people of to-day, you happen upon some such fact as that he attracted the attention of the London _Times_ through a lecture on Italian history at Cambridge in England; or that on the evening of the day on which he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States he gave a lecture in Washington on “The Curriculum of the Prophets in Ancient Israel.” The man’s life is a succession of delightful surprises. An odd trait of his character is his love for fire. He could easily have been a veritable fire-worshiper instead of an orthodox Christian! He has always loved a blaze, and he says reminiscently that for no single thing was he punished so much when he was a child as for building bonfires. IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND BY THIS HE MEANT EITHER PERSONALLY OR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHER ABBOT THE MANY SIDENESS OF CONWELL IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ALWAYS FASCINATING AFTER YOU HAVE GOT THE FEELING THAT HE IS PECULIARLY A MAN OF TO DAY LECTURING ON TO DAY'S POSSIBILITIES TO THE PEOPLE OF TO DAY YOU HAPPEN ONCE AGAIN SOME FACT THAT HE HAS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE LONDON TIMES THROUGH A LECTURE ON ITALIAN HISTORY AT CAMBRIDGE IN ENGLAND OR THAT ON THE EVENING OF THE DAY ON WHICH HE WAS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HE GAVE A LECTURE IN WASHINGTON ON THE CURRICULUM OF THE PROPHETS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL THE MAN'S LIFE IS A SUCCESSION OF DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES AN ODD TRAIT OF HIS CHARACTER IS HIS LOVE FOR FIRE HE COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN A VERITABLE FIRE WORSHIPPER INSTEAD OF AN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN HE HAS ALWAYS LOVED A BLAZE AND HE SAYS REMINISCENTLY FOR THERE IS NO SINGLE THING HE WAS PUNISHED SO MUCH FOR AS A CHILD AS BUILDING BONFIRES
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