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"'Come to me one evening a week and I will begin teaching you myself,' I said, 'and at least you will in that way make a beginning'; and I named the evening. "His face brightened and he eagerly said that he would come, and left me; but in a little while he came hurrying back again. 'May I bring a friend with me?' he said. COME TO ME ONE EVENING A WEEK AND I WILL BEGIN TEACHING YOU MYSELF I SAID AND AT LEAST YOU WILL IN THAT WAY MAKE A BEGINNING AND I NAMED THE EVENING HIS FACE BRIGHTENED AND HE EAGERLY SAID THAT HE WOULD COME AND LEFT ME BUT IN A LITTLE WHILE HE CAME HURRYING BACK AND SAID MAY I BRING A FRIEND WITH ME HE SAID
e and I saw that he was disturbed about something. I had him sit down by me, and I knew that in a few moments he would tell me what was troubling him. “‘Dr. Conwell,’ he said, abruptly, ‘I earn but little money, and I see no immediate chance of earning more. I have to support not only myself, but my mother. It leaves nothing at all. Yet my longing is to be a minister. It is the one ambition of my life. Is there anything that I can do?’ “‘Any man,’ I said to him, ‘with the proper determination and ambition can study sufficiently at night to win his desire.’ “‘I have tried to think so,’ said he, ‘but I have not been able to see anything clearly. I want to study, and am ready to give every spare minute to it, but I don’t know how to get at it.’ “I thought a few minutes, as I looked at him. He was strong in his desire and in his ambition to fulfil it--strong enough, physically and mentally, for work of the body and of the mind--and he needed something more than generalizations of sympathy. A YOUNG MAN OF THE CONGREGATION CAME TO ME AND I SAW THAT HE WAS DISTURBED ABOUT SOMETHING I HAD HIM SIT DOWN BY ME AND KNEW THAT IN THE FEW MOMENTS HE WOULD TELL ME WHAT WAS TROUBLING HIM DOCTOR CONWELL HE SAID ABRUPTLY I EARN BUT LITTLE MONEY AND I SEE NO IMMEDIATE CHANCE OF EARNING MORE I HAVE TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT MY MOTHER IT LEAVES ME NOTHING AT ALL YET MY LONGING IS TO BE A MINISTER IT IS MY ONE AMBITION IN LIFE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO ANY MAN I SAID TO HIM WITH THE PROPER DETERMINATION AND AMBITION CAN STUDY SUFFICIENTLY AT NIGHT TO WIN HIS DESIRE I HAVE TRIED TO THINK SO SAID HE BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE ANYTHING CLEARLY I WANT TO STUDY AND I AM READY TO GIVE EVERY SPARE MINUTE TO IT BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AT IT I THOUGHT A FEW MINUTES AND I LOOKED AT HIM HE WAS STRONG IN HIS DESIRE AND IN HIS AMBITION TO FULFIL IT STRONG ENOUGH PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY FOR WORK OF THE BODY AND OF THE MIND AND HE NEEDED SOMETHING MORE THAN GENERALIZATIONS OF SYMPATHY
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