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The police arrangements at the church were exasperating to a degree. There were fully five hundred policemen in the streets round about, just as if there was danger of an attack by a ferocious mob; and yet though they had throngs of policemen inside, too, an elderly and harmless crank actually got inside with them to present me some foolish memorial about curing the German Emperor from cancer. THE POLICE ARRANGEMENTS AT THE CHURCH WERE EXASPERATING TO A DEGREE THERE WERE FULLY FIVE HUNDRED POLICEMEN IN THE STREETS ROUND ABOUT JUST AS IF THERE WAS DANGER OF AN ATTACK BY A FEROCIOUS MOB AND YET THOUGH THEY HAD THRONGS OF POLICEMEN INSIDE TOO AN ELDERLY AND HARMLESS CRANK ACTUALLY GOT INSIDE WITH THEM TO PRESENT ME SOME FOOLISH MEMORIAL ABOUT CURING THE GERMAN EMPEROR FROM CANCER
 very sad at Uncle Gracie's funeral; and yet lovely, too, in a way, for not only all his old friends had turned out, but all of the people connected with the institutions for which he had worked during so many years also came. There were a good many of the older boys and employees from the Newsboys' Lodging House and the Orthopaedic Dispensary, etc. Uncle Jimmy possessed a singularly loving and affectionate nature, and I never knew any one who in doing good was more careful to do it unostentatiously. I had no idea how much he had done. Mother with her usual thoughtfulness had kept him steadily in mind while I have been Governor and President; and I now find that he appreciated her so much, her constant remembrances in having him on to visit us on different occasions. It was a lesson to me, for I should probably never have thought of it myself; and of course when one does not do what one ought to, the excuse that one erred from thoughtlessness instead of wrong purpose is of small avail.  KERMIT IT WAS VERY SAD AT UNCLE GRACEY'S FUNERAL AND YET LOVELY TOO IN A WAY FOR NOT ONLY ALL HIS OLD FRIENDS HAD TURNED OUT BUT ALL OF THE PEOPLE CONNECTED WITH THE INSTITUTIONS FOR WHICH HE HAD WORKED DURING SO MANY YEARS ALSO CAME THERE WERE A GOOD MANY OF THE OLDER BOYS AND EMPLOYEES FROM THE NEWSBOYS LODGING HOUSE AND THE ORTHOPEEDIC DISPENSARY ET CETERA UNCLE JIMMY POSSESSED A SINGULARLY LOVING AND AFFECTIONATE NATURE AND I NEVER KNEW ANY ONE WHO IN DOING GOOD WAS MORE CAREFUL TO DO IT UNOSTENTATIOUSLY I HAD NO IDEA HOW MUCH HE HAD DONE MOTHER WITH HER USUAL THOUGHTFULNESS HAD KEPT HIM STEADILY IN MIND WHILE I HAD BEEN GOVERNOR AND PRESIDENT AND I NOW FIND THAT HE APPRECIATED HER SO MUCH HER CONSTANT REMEMBRANCES IN HAVING HIM ON TO VISIT US ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IT WAS A LESSON TO ME FOR I SHOULD PROBABLY NEVER HAVE THOUGHT OF IT MYSELF AND OF COURSE WHEN ONE DOES NOT DO WHAT ONE OUGHT TO THE EXCUSE THAT ONE AIRED FROM THOUGHTLESSNESS INSTEAD OF WRONG PURPOSE IS OF SMALL AVAIL
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