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And very soon "Jim" came to the door and let me in, and I wrote the biography of one of the grandest men of the nation, and yet he was just the same old "Jim" to his neighbor. AND VERY SOON JIM CAME TO THE DOOR AND LET ME IN AND I WROTE THE BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE GRANDEST MEN OF THE NATION AND YET HE WAS JUST THE SAME OLD JIM TO HIS NEIGHBOR
 life.” Neither did the great inventors until they discovered one great secret. Do you think it is a man with a head like a bushel measure or a man like a stroke of lightning? It is neither. The really great man is a plain, straightforward, every-day, common-sense man. You would not dream that he was a great inventor if you did not see something he had actually done. His neighbors do not regard him so great. You never see anything great over your back fence. You say there is no greatness among your neighbors. It is all away off somewhere else. Their greatness is ever so simple, so plain, so earnest, so practical, that the neighbors and friends never recognize it. True greatness is often unrecognized. That is sure. You do not know anything about the greatest men and women. I went out to write the life of General Garfield, and a neighbor, knowing I was in a hurry, and as there was a great crowd around the front door, took me around to General Garfield’s back door and shouted, “Jim! Jim!”  PART FOUR OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS THIS IS A LIBERAL BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERATE BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER VOX DOT ORG ACRES OF DIAMONDS BY RUSSELL H CONWELL PART FOUR TRUE GREATNESS IS OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED THAT IS SURE YOU DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GREATEST MEN AND WOMEN I WENT OUT TO WRITE THE LIFE OF GENERAL GARFIELD AND A NEIGHBOR KNOWING I WAS IN A HURRY AND AS THERE WAS A GREAT CROWD AROUND THE FRONT DOOR TOOK ME AROUND TO GENERAL GARFIELD'S BACK DOOR AND SHOUTED JIM JIM
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