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On a recent trip through Minnesota he was positively upset, so his secretary told me, through being recognized on a train by a young man who had been helped through "Acres of Diamonds," and who, finding that this was really Dr. Conwell, eagerly brought his wife to join him in most fervent thanks for his assistance. ON A RECENT TRIP THROUGH MINNESOTA HE WAS POSITIVELY UPSET SO HIS SECRETARY TOLD ME THOUGH BEING RECOGNIZED ON A TRAIN BY A YOUNG MAN WHOM HE HAD HELPED THROUGH ACRES OF DIAMONDS AND WHO FINDING THAT THIS WAS REALLY DOCTOR CONWELL EAGERLY BROUGHT HIS WIFE TO JOIN HIM IN THE MOST FERVENT THANKS FOR HIS ASSISTANCE
 is just like a gamble! And as soon as I have sent the letter and crossed a name off my list, I am aiming for the next one!” And after a pause he added: “I do not attempt to send any young man enough for all his expenses. But I want to save him from bitterness, and each check will help. And, too,” he concluded, naïvely, in the vernacular, “I don’t want them to lay down on me!” He told me that he made it clear that he did not wish to get returns or reports from this branch of his life-work, for it would take a great deal of time in watching and thinking and in the reading and writing of letters. “But it is mainly,” he went on, “that I do not wish to hold over their heads the sense of obligation.” When I suggested that this was surely an example of bread cast upon the waters that could not return, he was silent for a little and then said, thoughtfully: “As one gets on in years there is satisfaction in doing a thing for the sake of doing it. The bread returns in the sense of effort made.” CH A FASCINATION IN IT HE EXCLAIMED IT'S JUST LIKE A GAMBLE AND AS SOON AS I HAVE SENT THE LETTER AND CROSSED A NAME OFF MY LIST I AM AIMING FOR THE NEXT ONE AND AFTER A PAUSE HE ADDED I DO NOT ATTEMPT TO SEND ANY YOUNG MAN ENOUGH FOR ALL OF HIS EXPENSES BUT I WANT TO SAVE THEM FROM BITTERNESS AND EACH CHECK WILL HELP AND TOO HE EXCLUDED NAIVELY IN THE VERNACULAR I DON'T WANT THEM TO LIE DOWN ON ME HE TOLD ME THAT HE MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE DID NOT WISH TO GET RETURNS OR REPORTS FROM THIS BRANCH OF HIS LIFE WORK FOR IT WOULD TAKE A GREAT DEAL OF TIME IN WATCHING AND THINKING AND IN READING AND WRITING OF LETTERS BUT IT IS MAINLY HE WENT ON THAT I DO NOT WISH TO HOLD OVER THEIR HEADS A SENSE OF OBLIGATION WHEN I SUGGESTED THAT THIS WAS SURELY AN EXAMPLE OF BREAD CAST UPON THE WATERS THAT COULD NOT RETURN HE WAS SILENT FOR A LITTLE AND THEN SAID THOUGHTFULLY AS ONE GETS ON IN YEARS THERE IS SATISFACTION IN DOING A THING FOR THE SAKE OF DOING IT THE BREAD RETURNS IN THE SENSE OF EFFORT MADE
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