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Lexington inspired him. "When I was a lawyer in Boston and almost thirty seven years old," he told me, thinking slowly back into the years, "I was consulted by a woman who asked my advice in regard to disposing of a little church in Lexington whose congregation had become unable to support it. LEXINGTON INSPIRED HIM WHEN I WAS A LAWYER IN BOSTON AND ALMOST THIRTY SEVEN YEARS OLD HE TOLD ME THINKING SLOWLY BACK INTO THE YEARS I WAS CONSULTED BY A WOMAN WHO ASKED MY ADVICE IN REGARDS TO DISPOSING OF A LITTLE CHURCH IN LEXINGTON WHOSE CONGREGATION HAD BECOME UNABLE TO SUPPORT IT
body of the President as it lay in state in Washington. In those hours, as he stood rigidly as the throng went shuffling sorrowfully through, an immense impression came to Colonel Conwell of the work and worth of the man who there lay dead, and that impression has never departed. John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, old Revolutionary Lexington--how Conwell’s life is associated with famous men and places!--and it was actually at Lexington that he made the crucial decision as to the course of his life! And it seems to me that it was, although quite unconsciously, because of the very fact that it was Lexington that Conwell was influenced to decide and to act as he did. Had it been in some other kind of place, some merely ordinary place, some quite usual place, he might not have taken the important step. But it was Lexington, it was brave old Lexington, inspiring Lexington; and he was inspired by it, for the man who himself inspires nobly is always the one who is himself open to noble inspiration. OR HOURS BESIDES THE DEAD BODY OF THE PRESIDENT AS IT LAY IN STATE IN WASHINGTON IN THOSE HOURS HE STOOD RIGIDLY AS THE THRONG WENT SHUFFLING SORROWFULLY THROUGH AN IMMENSE IMPRESSION CAME TO COLONEL CONWELL OF THE WORK AND WORTH OF THE MAN WHO LAY THERE DEAD AND THAT IMPRESSION HAS NEVER DEPARTED JOHN BROWN ABRAHAM LINCOLN OLD REVOLUTIONARY LEXINGTON HOW CONWELL'S LIFE IS ASSOCIATED WITH FAMOUS MEN AND PLACES AND IT WAS ACTUALLY AT LEXINGTON THAT HE MADE THE CRITICAL DECISION AS TO THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WAS ALTHOUGH QUITE UNCONSCIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE VERY FACT THAT IT WAS LEXINGTON THAT CONWELL WAS INFLUENCED TO DECIDE AND TO ACT AS HE DID HAD IT BEEN SOME OTHER KIND OF PLACE SOME MERELY ORDINARY PLACE SOME QUITE USUAL PLACE HE MIGHT NOT HAVE TAKEN THAT IMPORTANT STEP BUT IT WAS LEXINGTON IT WAS BRAVE OLD LEXINGTON INSPIRING LEXINGTON AND HE WAS INSPIRED BY IT FOR THE MAN HIMSELF INSPIRES NOBLY IS ALWAYS THE ONE WHO UPON HIMSELF IS OPEN TO NOBLE INSPIRATION
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