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Redpath was the biographer of John Brown of Harper's Ferry renown, and as Mr. Brown had been long a friend of my father's I found employment, while a student on vacation, in selling that life of John Brown. REDPATH WAS THE BIOGRAPHER OF JOHN BROWN OF HARPER'S FERRY RENOWN AND AS MISTER BROWN HAD LONG BEEN A FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S I FOUND EMPLOYMENT WHILE A STUDENT ON VACATION IN SELLING THAT LIFE OF JOHN BROWN
, employed me to lecture on “Men of the Mountains” in the Mormon Tabernacle, at a fee of five hundred dollars. While I was gaining practice in the first years of platform work, I had the good fortune to have profitable employment as a soldier, or as a correspondent or lawyer, or as an editor or as a preacher, which enabled me to pay my own expenses, and it has been seldom in the fifty years that I have ever taken a fee for my personal use. In the last thirty-six years I have dedicated solemnly all the lecture income to benevolent enterprises. If I am antiquated enough for an autobiography, perhaps I may be aged enough to avoid the criticism of being an egotist, when I state that some years I delivered one lecture, “Acres of Diamonds,” over two hundred times each year, at an average income of about one hundred and fifty dollars for each lecture. It was a remarkable good fortune which came to me as a lecturer when Mr. James Redpath organized the first lecture bureau ever established. Mr. Y AROUND THE WORLD EMPLOYED ME TO LECTURE ON MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MORMON TABERNACLE AT A FEE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHILE I WAS GAINING PRACTICE IN THE FIRST YEARS OF PLATFORM WORK I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT AS A SOLDIER OR AS A CORRESPONDENT OR LAWYER OR AS AN EDITOR OR AS A PREACHER WHICH ENABLED ME TO PAY MY OWN EXPENSES AND IT IS SELDOM IN THE FIFTY YEARS THAT I HAVE EVER TAKEN A FEE FOR MY PERSONAL USE IN THE LAST THIRTY SIX YEARS I HAVE DEDICATED SOLEMNLY ALL MY LECTURE INCOME TO BENEVOLENT ENTERPRISES IF I AM ANTIQUATED ENOUGH FOR AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERHAPS I MAY BE AGED ENOUGH TO AVOID THE CRITICISM OF BEING AN EGOIST WHEN I STATE THAT SOME YEARS I HAVE DELIVERED ONE LECTURE ACRES OF DIAMONDS OVER TWO HUNDRED TIMES EACH YEAR AT AN AVERAGE INCOME OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH LECTURE IT WAS A REMARKABLE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH CAME TO ME AS A LECTURER WHEN MISTER JAMES REDPATH ORGANIZED THE FIRST LECTURE BUREAU EVER ESTABLISHED MISTER
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