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I have to support not only myself, but my mother. It leaves nothing at all. Yet my longing is to be a minister. It is the one ambition of my life. Is there anything that I can do? I HAVE TO SUPPORT NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT MY MOTHER IT LEAVES ME NOTHING AT ALL YET MY LONGING IS TO BE A MINISTER IT IS MY ONE AMBITION IN LIFE IS THERE ANYTHING THAT I CAN DO
 of romance. For the university came out of nothing!--nothing but the need of a young man and the fact that he told the need to one who, throughout his life, has felt the impulse to help any one in need and has always obeyed the impulse. I asked Dr. Conwell, up at his home in the Berkshires, to tell me himself just how the university began, and he said that it began because it was needed and succeeded because of the loyal work of the teachers. And when I asked for details he was silent for a while, looking off into the brooding twilight as it lay over the waters and the trees and the hills, and then he said: “It was all so simple; it all came about so naturally. One evening, after a service, a young man of the congregation came to me and I saw that he was disturbed about something. I had him sit down by me, and I knew that in a few moments he would tell me what was troubling him. “‘Dr. Conwell,’ he said, abruptly, ‘I earn but little money, and I see no immediate chance of earning more. Y BUT INSPIRING IT IS NOT ONLY INSPIRING BUT FULL OF ROMANCE FOR THE UNIVERSITY CAME OUT OF NOTHING NOTHING BUT THE NEED OF A YOUNG MAN AND THE FACT THAT HE TOLD THE NEED TO ONE WHO THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE FELT THE IMPULSE TO HELP ANYONE IN NEED AND HAS ALWAYS OBEYED THE IMPULSE I ASKED DOCTOR CONWELL AT HIS HOME IN THE BERKSHIRES TO TELL ME HIMSELF JUST HOW THE UNIVERSITY BEGAN AND HE SAID IT BEGAN BECAUSE IT WAS NEEDED AND SUCCEEDED OF THE LOYAL WORK OF THE TEACHERS AND WHEN I ASKED FOR DETAILS HE WAS SILENT FOR A WHILE LOOKING OFF INTO THE BROODING TWILIGHT AS IT LIE OVER THE WATERS AND THE TREES AND THE HILLS AND THEN HE SAID IT WAS ALL SO SIMPLE IT CAME ABOUT SO NATURALLY ONE EVENING AFTER A SERVICE A YOUNG MAN OF THE CONGREGATION CAME TO ME AND I SAW THAT HE WAS DISTURBED ABOUT SOMETHING I HAD HIM SIT DOWN BY ME AND KNEW THAT IN THE FEW MOMENTS HE WOULD TELL ME WHAT WAS TROUBLING HIM DOCTOR CONWELL HE SAID ABRUPTLY I EARN BUT LITTLE MONEY AND I SEE NO IMMEDIATE CHANCE OF EARNING MORE
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