large/4379/acres_of_diamonds_1008_librivox_64kb_mp3/acresofdiamonds_13_conwell_64kb_25
large/4379/acres_of_diamonds_1008_librivox_64kb_mp3/acresofdiamonds_13_conwell_64kb
English
4379
I had no thought of giving the address again, and even after it began to be called for by lecture committees I did not dream that I should live to deliver it, as I now have done, almost five thousand times. I HAD NO THOUGHT OF GIVING THE ADDRESS AGAIN AND EVEN AFTER IT BEGAN TO BE CALLED FOR BY LECTURE COMMITTEES I DID NOT DREAM THAT I SHOULD LIVE TO DELIVER IT NOW AS I HAVE DONE ALMOST FIVE THOUSAND TIMES
the sick and poor, and have done such skilful work for the tens of thousands who ask for their help each year, that I have been made happy while away lecturing by the feeling that each hour and minute they were faithfully doing good. Temple University, which was founded only twenty-seven years ago, has already sent out into a higher income and nobler life nearly a hundred thousand young men and women who could not probably have obtained an education in any other institution. The faithful, self-sacrificing faculty, now numbering two hundred and fifty-three professors, have done the real work. For that I can claim but little credit; and I mention the University here only to show that my “fifty years on the lecture platform” has necessarily been a side line of work. My best-known lecture, “Acres of Diamonds,” was a mere accidental address, at first given before a reunion of my old comrades of the Forty-sixth Massachusetts Regiment, which served in the Civil War and in which I was captain. EN SO CONTINUALLY MINISTERING TO THE SICK AND POOR AND HAVE DONE SUCH SKILFUL WORK FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ASK FOR THEIR HELP EACH YEAR THAT I HAVE BEEN MADE HAPPY WHILE AWAY LECTURING BY THE FEELING THAT EACH HOUR AND MINUTE THEY ARE FAITHFULLY DOING GOOD TEMPLE UNIVERSITY WHICH WAS FOUNDED ONLY TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO HAS ALREADY SENT OUT INTO THE HIGHER INCOME A NOBLER LIFE NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE OBTAINED AN EDUCATION IN ANY OTHER INSTITUTION THE FAITHFUL SELF SACRIFICING FACULTY NOW NUMBERING TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE PROFESSORS HAVE DONE THE REAL WORK FOR I CAN CLAIM BUT LITTLE CREDIT AND I MENTION THE UNIVERSITY HERE ONLY TO SHOW THAT MY FIFTY YEARS ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM HAS NECESSARILY BEEN A SIDE LINE OF WORK MY BEST KNOWN LECTURE ACRES OF DIAMONDS WAS A MERE ACCIDENTAL ADDRESS FIRST GIVEN BEFORE A REUNION OF MY OLD COMRADES AT THE FIFTY SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT WHICH SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AND WHICH I WAS CAPTAIN
large/4379/acres_of_diamonds_1008_librivox_64kb_mp3/acresofdiamonds_13_conwell_64kb
file
download/librilight/large/4379/acres_of_diamonds_1008_librivox_64kb_mp3/acresofdiamonds_13_conwell_64kb.flac