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He laughs as he remembers the variety of country fairs and school commencements and anniversaries and even sewing circles where he tried his youthful powers, and all for experience alone, in the first few years, except possibly for such a thing as a ham or a jack knife! HE LAUGHS WHEN HE REMEMBERS THE VARIETY OF COUNTRY FARES AND SCHOOL COMMENCEMENTS AND ANNIVERSARY AND EVEN SEWING CIRCLES WHERE HE TRIED HIS YOUTHFUL POWERS AND ALL FOR EXPERIENCE ALONE IN THE FIRST FEW YEARS EXCEPT FOR POSSIBLY SUCH A THING AS A HAM OR A JACKKNIFE
e prophets seems to have had a sense of humor! It is perhaps better and more accurate to describe him as the last of the old school of American philosophers, the last of those sturdy-bodied, high-thinking, achieving men who, in the old days, did their best to set American humanity in the right path--such men as Emerson, Alcott, Gough, Wendell Phillips, Garrison, Bayard Taylor, Beecher; men whom Conwell knew and admired in the long ago, and all of whom have long since passed away. And Conwell, in his going up and down the country, inspiring his thousands and thousands, is the survivor of that old-time group who used to travel about, dispensing wit and wisdom and philosophy and courage to the crowded benches of country lyceums, and the chairs of school-houses and town halls, or the larger and more pretentious gathering-places of the cities. Conwell himself is amused to remember that he wanted to talk in public from his boyhood, and that very early he began to yield to the inborn impulse. ORTANT PARTICULAR FOR NONE OF THE PROPHET SEEMS TO HAVE HAD A SENSE OF HUMOR IT IS PERHAPS BETTER AND MORE ACCURATE TO DESCRIBE HIM AS THE LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL OF AMERICAN PHILOSOPHERS THE LAST OF THOSE STURDY BODIED HIGH THINKING ACHIEVING MEN WHO IN THE OLD DAYS DID THEIR BEST TO SET AMERICAN HUMANITY ON THE RIGHT PATH SUCH MEN AS EMERSON ALCOTT GO WENDELL PHILLIPS GARRISON BURRARD TAYLOR BEECHER MEN WHO CONWELL KNEW AND ADMIRED IN THE LONG AGO AND ALL OF WHOM HAVE LONG SINCE PASSED AWAY AND CONWELL IN HIS GOING UP AND DOWN THE COUNTRY INSPIRING HIS THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS IS THE SURVIVOR OF THAT OLD TIME GROUP WHO USED TO TRAVEL ABOUT DISPENSING WIT AND WISDOM AND PHILOSOPHY AND COURAGE TO THE CROWDED BENCHES OF COUNTRY LYCEUMS AND THE CHAIRS OF SCHOOLHOUSES AND TOWN HALLS OR THE LARGER AND MORE PRETENTIOUS GATHERING PLACES OF THE CITY CONWELL HIMSELF IS AMUSED TO REMEMBER THAT HE WANTED TO TALK IN PUBLIC FROM HIS BOYHOOD AND THAT VERY EARLY HE BEGAN TO YIELD TO HIS INBORN IMPULSE
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