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But she also went on to tell that she had found a spring of exceptionally fine water there, although in buying they had scarcely known of the spring at all; and she had been so inspired by Conwell that she had had the water analyzed and, finding that it was remarkably pure, had begun to have it bottled and sold under a trade name as special spring water. BUT SHE WENT ON TO TELL HIM THAT HE HAD FOUND A SPRING OF EXCEPTIONALLY FINE WATER THERE ALTHOUGH IN BUYING THEY HAD SCARCELY KNOWN OF THE SPRING AT ALL AND SHE HAD BEEN SO INSPIRED BY CONWELL THAT SHE HAD THE WATER ANALYZED AND FINDING THAT IT WAS REMARKABLY PURE HAD BEGUN TO HAVE IT BOTTLED AND SOLD UNDER A TRADE NAME A SPECIAL SPRING WATER
new he did not know enough to teach, but was sure he could learn, so he bravely asked for the place. And something in his earnestness made him win a temporary appointment. Thereupon he worked and studied so hard and so devotedly, while he daily taught, that within a few months he was regularly employed there. “And now,” says Conwell, abruptly, with his characteristic skim-ming over of the intermediate details between the important beginning of a thing and the satisfactory end, “and now that young man is one of our college presidents.” And very recently a lady came to Dr. Conwell, the wife of an exceptionally prominent man who was earning a large salary, and she told him that her husband was so unselfishly generous with money that often they were almost in straits. And she said they had bought a little farm as a country place, paying only a few hundred dollars for it, and that she had said to herself, laughingly, after hearing the lecture, “There are no acres of diamonds on this place!” IN COUNTRY SCHOOL HE KNEW THAT HE DID NOT KNOW ENOUGH TO TEACH BUT WAS SURE HE COULD LEARN SO HE BRAVELY ASKED FOR THE PLACE AND SOMETHING IN HIS EARNESTNESS MADE HIM WIN A TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT THEREUPON HE WORKED AND STUDIED SO HARD AND SO DEVOUTLY WHILE HE DAILY TAUGHT THAT WITHIN A FEW MONTHS HE WAS REGULARLY EMPLOYED THERE AND NOW SAYS CONWELL ABRUPTLY WITH HIS CHARACTERISTIC SKIMMING OVER THE INTERMEDIATE DETAILS BETWEEN THE IMPORTANT BEGINNING OF A THING AND THE SATISFACTORY END AND NOW THAT YOUNG MAN IS ONE OF OUR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND VERY RECENTLY A LADY CAME TO DOCTOR CONWELL THE WIFE OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY PROMINENT MAN WHO WAS EARNING A LARGE SALARY AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT HER HUSBAND WAS SO UNSELFISHLY GENEROUS WITH MONEY THAT THEY OFTEN WERE ALMOST IN STRAITS AND SHE SAID THAT THEY HAD BOUGHT A LITTLE FARM ON A COUNTRY PLACE PAYING ONLY A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR IT AND THAT SHE SAID TO HERSELF LAUGHINGLY AFTER HEARING THE LECTURE THERE WERE NO ACRES OF DIAMONDS IN THIS PLACE
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