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And with that sword is associated the most vivid, the most momentous experience of Russell Conwell's life. That sword hangs at the head of Conwell's bed in his home in Philadelphia. AND WITH THAT SWORD IS ASSOCIATED THE MOST VIVID AND MOMENTOUS EXPERIENCE OF RUSSELL CONWELL'S LIFE THE SWORD HANGS AT THE HEAD OF CONWELL'S BED IN HIS HOME IN PHILADELPHIA
rdships, of which he makes light; and of the joy with which week-end pies and cakes were received from home! He tells of how he went out on the roads selling books from house to house, and of how eagerly he devoured the contents of the sample books that he carried. “They were a foundation of learning for me,” he says, soberly. “And they gave me a broad idea of the world.” He went to Yale in 1860, but the outbreak of the war interfered with college, and he enlisted in 1861. But he was only eighteen, and his father objected, and he went back to Yale. But next year he again enlisted, and men of his Berkshire neighborhood, likewise enlisting, insisted that he be their captain; and Governor Andrews, appealed to, consented to commission the nineteen-year-old youth who was so evidently a natural leader; and the men gave freely of their scant money to get for him a sword, all gay and splendid with gilt, and upon the sword was the declaration in stately Latin that, “True friendship is eternal.” THE HARDSHIPS OF WHICH HE MAKES LIGHT AND OF THE JOY WITH WHICH WEEKEND PIES AND CAKES WERE RECEIVED FROM HOME HE TELLS OF HOW HE WENT OUT ON THE ROAD SELLING BOOKS FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE AND HOW EAGERLY HE DEVOURED THE CONTENTS OF THE SAMPLE BOOKS THAT HE CARRIED THEY WERE THE FOUNDATION OF LEARNING FOR ME HE SAYS SOBERLY AND THEY GAVE ME A BROAD IDEA OF THE WORLD HE WENT TO YALE IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY BUT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR INTERFERED WITH COLLEGE AND HE ENLISTED IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY ONE BUT HE WAS ONLY EIGHTEEN AND HIS FATHER OBJECTED AND HE WENT BACK TO YALE BUT NEXT YEAR HE AGAIN ENLISTED AND THE MEN OF HIS BERKSHIRE NEIGHBOURHOOD LIKEWISE ENLISTING INSISTED THAT HE BE THEIR CAPTAIN AND GOVERNOR ANDREWS APPEALED TO CONSENTED TO COMMISSION OF THE NINETEEN YEAR OLD YOUTH WHO WAS SO EVIDENTLY A NATURAL LEADER AND THE MEN GAVE FREELY OF THEIR SCANT MONEY TO GET FOR HIM A SWORD ALL GAY AND SPLENDID WITH GUILT UPON THE SWORD WAS THE DECLARATION IN STATELY LATIN THAT TRUE FRIENDSHIP IS ETERNAL
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