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But Conwell was still frightened. He feared that in the multiplicity of public matters this mere matter of the life of a mountain boy, a private soldier, might be forgotten till too late. "It is almost the time set  " he faltered. BUT CONWELL WAS STILL FRIGHTENED HE FEARED THAT IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PUBLIC MATTERS THIS MERE MATTER OF THE LIFE OF A MOUNTAIN BOY A PRIVATE SOLDIER MIGHT BE FORGOTTEN TILL TOO LATE IT'S ALMOST THE TIME SET HE FALTERED
reaking down. But he loves to tell how Lincoln became a changed man as he spoke; how he seemed to feel ashamed of his brief embarrassment and, pulling himself together and putting aside the written speech which he had prepared, spoke freely and powerfully, with splendid conviction, as only a born orator speaks. To Conwell it was a tremendous experience. The second time he saw Lincoln was when he went to Washington to plead for the life of one of his men who had been condemned to death for sleeping on post. He was still but a captain (his promotion to a colonelcy was still to come), a youth, and was awed by going into the presence of the man he worshiped. And his voice trembles a little, even now, as he tells of how pleasantly Lincoln looked up from his desk, and how cheerfully he asked his business with him, and of how absorbedly Lincoln then listened to his tale, although, so it appeared, he already knew of the main outline. “It will be all right,” said Lincoln, when Conwell finished. PERSONAL DESIRE TO HELP HIM AND KEEP HIM FROM BREAKING DOWN BUT HE LOVES TO TELL HOW LINCOLN BECAME A CHANGED MAN AS HE SPOKE HOW HE SEEMED TO FEEL ASHAMED OF HIS BRIEF EMBARRASSMENT AND PULLING HIMSELF TOGETHER AND PUTTING ASIDE THE WRITTEN SPEECH WHICH HE HAD PREPARED SPOKE FREELY AND POWERFULLY WITH SPLENDID CONVICTION AS ONLY A BORN ORATOR SPEAKS TO CONWELL IT WAS A TREMENDOUS EXPERIENCE THE SECOND TIME HE SAW LINCOLN WAS WHEN HE WENT TO WASHINGTON TO PLEAD FOR THE LIFE OF ONE OF HIS MEN WHO HAD BEEN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR SLEEPING ON POST HE WAS STILL A CAPTAIN HIS PROMOTION TO THE COLONEL WAS STILL TO COME A YOUTH AND WAS AWED BY GOING INTO THE PRESENCE OF A MAN HE WORSHIPPED AND HIS VOICE TREMBLES A LITTLE EVEN NOW AS HE TELLS HOW PLEASANTLY LINCOLN LOOKED UP FROM HIS DESK AND HOW CHEERFULLY HE ASKED HIS BUSINESS WITH HIM AND HOW ABSORBEDLY LINCOLN THEN LISTENED TO HIS TALE SO IT APPEARED HE ALREADY KNEW OF THE MAIN OUTLINE IT WILL BE ALL RIGHT SAID LINCOLN WHEN CONWELL FINISHED
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