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His power as a speaker made him an important ally to the Abolitionist party in his country, and his fame brought numberless demands for platform work. HIS POWER AS A SPEAKER MADE HIM AN IMPORTANT ALLY TO THE ABOLITIONIST PARTY IN HIS COUNTRY AND HIS FAME BROUGHT NUMBERLESS DEMANDS FOR PLATFORM WORK
ound him were some three hundred young people, sons and daughters of the great West, whose mental and spiritual training was in his hands. He regarded it as a sacred trust, and he solemnly devoted his life to the service of these Western students. His ideal was a high one. The teacher, he felt, was a builder of the nation, and he resolved that no work should leave his hands that was ill planned or badly done. The memory of his own early struggles made him especially mindful of the poorer scholars, and his keen eye was always on the look-out for young men of promise. Perfectly free in his intercourse with the students, the young principal maintained his influence by the nobility of his character and the steadiness of his aim. His only wish was to help his pupils. And they believed in him with a faith that in the years to come transformed his classes into battalions on the field of battle. The slavery question was still exercising the minds of all parties when Garfield returned to Hiram.  OF HIS AMBITION AROUND HIM WERE SOME THREE HUNDRED YOUNG PEOPLE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE GREAT WEST WHOSE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL TRAINING WAS IN HIS HANDS HE REGARDED IT AS A SACRED TRUST AND HE SOLEMNLY DEVOTED HIS LIFE TO THE SERVICE OF THESE WESTERN STUDENTS HIS IDEAL WAS A HIGH ONE THE TEACHER HE FELT WAS A BUILDER OF THE NATION AND HE RESOLVED THAT NO WORK SHOULD LEAVE HIS HANDS THAT WAS ILL PLANNED OR BADLY DONE THE MEMORY OF HIS OWN EARLY STRUGGLES MADE HIM ESPECIALLY MINDFUL OF THE POORER SCHOLARS AND HIS KEEN EYE WAS ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR YOUNG MEN OF PROMISE PERFECTLY FREE IN HIS INTERCOURSE WITH THE STUDENTS THE YOUNG PRINCIPAL MAINTAINED HIS INFLUENCE BY THE NOBILITY OF HIS CHARACTER AND THE STEADINESS OF HIS AIM HIS ONLY WISH WAS TO HELP HIS PUPILS AND THEY BELIEVED IN HIM WITH A FAITH THAT IN THE YEARS TO COME TRANSFORMED HIS CLASSES INTO BATTALIONS ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE THE SLAVERY QUESTION WAS STILL EXERCISING THE MIND OF ALL PARTIES WHEN GARFIELD RETURNED TO HIRAM
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