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And so that was really all there was to it." That was typical of Russell Conwell  to tell with brevity of what he has done, to point out the beginnings of something, and quite omit to elaborate as to the results. AND SO THAT WAS REALLY ALL THERE WAS TO IT THAT WAS TYPICAL OF RUSSELL CONWELL TO TELL OF BREVITY OF WHAT HE HAS DONE TO POINT OUT THE BEGINNINGS OF SOMETHING AND QUITE OMIT TO ELABORATE AS TO THE RESULTS
 advantage, and when the evening came there were six friends with him. And that first evening I began to teach them the foundations of Latin.” He stopped as if the story was over. He was looking out thoughtfully into the waning light, and I knew that his mind was busy with those days of the beginning of the institution he so loves, and whose continued success means so much to him. In a little while he went on: “That was the beginning of it, and there is little more to tell. By the third evening the number of pupils had increased to forty; others joined in helping me, and a room was hired; then a little house, then a second house. From a few students and teachers we became a college. After a while our buildings went up on Broad Street alongside the Temple Church, and after another while we became a university. From the first our aim”--(I noticed how quickly it had become “our” instead of “my”)--“our aim was to give education to those who were unable to get it through the usual channels. OR MORE THAN ONE WOULD BE AN ADVANTAGE AND WHEN THE EVENING CAME THERE WERE SIX FRIENDS WITH HIM AND THAT FIRST EVENING I BEGAN TO TEACH THEM THE FOUNDATIONS OF LATIN HE STOPPED AS IF THE STORY WERE OVER HE WAS LOOKING OUT THOUGHTFULLY OVER THE WANING LIGHT AND I KNEW THAT HIS MIND WAS BUSY IN THOSE DAYS OF THE BEGINNING OF THE INSTITUTION HE SO LOVES AND WHOSE CONTINUED SUCCESS MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM IN A LITTLE WHILE HE WENT ON THAT WAS THE BEGINNING OF IT AND THERE WAS LITTLE MORE TO TELL BY THE THIRD EVENING THE NUMBER OF PUPILS HAD INCREASED OF FORTY OTHERS JOINED IN HELPING ME AND A ROOM WAS HIGHER THAN A LITTLE HOUSE THAN A SECOND HOUSE FROM A FEW STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WE BECAME A COLLEGE AFTER A WHILE OUR BUILDINGS WENT UP ON BROAD STREET ALONGSIDE THE TEMPLE CHURCH AND AFTER ANOTHER WHILE WE BECAME A UNIVERSITY FROM THE FIRST OUR AIM I NOTICE HOW QUICKLY IT HAD BECOME OUR INSTEAD OF MY OUR AIM WAS TO GIVE AN EDUCATION TO THOSE WHO WERE UNABLE TO GET IT THROUGH THE USUAL CHANNELS
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