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His dearest hope, so one of the few who are close to him told me, is that no one shall come into his life without being benefited. HIS DEAREST HOPE IS ONE OF THE FEW WHO ARE CLOSE TO HIM TOLD ME IS THAT NO ONE SHALL COME INTO HIS LIFE WITHOUT BEING BENEFITED
lace of residence as criterions of merit--a city with which it is almost impossible for a stranger to become affiliated--or aphiladelphiated, as it might be expressed--and Philadelphia, in spite of all that Dr. Conwell has done, has been under the thrall of the fact that he went north of Market Street--that fatal fact understood by all who know Philadelphia--and that he made no effort to make friends in Rittenhouse Square. Such considerations seem absurd in this twentieth century, but in Philadelphia they are still potent. Tens of thousands of Philadelphians love him, and he is honored by its greatest men, but there is a class of the pseudo-cultured who do not know him or appreciate him. And it needs also to be understood that, outside of his own beloved Temple, he would prefer to go to a little church or a little hall and to speak to the forgotten people, in the hope of encouraging and inspiring them and filling them with hopeful glow, rather than to speak to the rich and comfortable. OSELY TO FAMILY AND PLACE OF RESIDENT AS CRITERIONS OF MERIT A CITY IN WHICH IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE FOR A STRANGER TO BECOME A FILIATED OR A PHILADELPHIA TIZED AS MIGHT BE EXPRESSED AND PHILADELPHIA IN SPITE OF ALL THAT CONWELL HAS DONE HAS BEEN UNDER THE THRALL OF THE FACT THAT HE WENT NORTH OF MARKET STREET THAT FATAL FACT UNDERSTOOD BY ALL WHO KNOW PHILADELPHIA AND THAT HE MADE NO EFFORTS TO MAKE FRIENDS IN WRITTENHOUSE SQUARE SUCH CONSIDERATIONS AS SEEM ABSURD IN THIS TWENTIETH CENTURY BUT IN PHILADELPHIA THERE ARE STILL POTENT TENS OF THOUSANDS OF PHILADELPHIANS LOVE HIM AND HE IS HONORED BY ITS GREATEST MEN BUT THERE IS A CLASS OF THE PSEUDO CULTURED WHO DO NOT KNOW HIM OR APPRECIATE HIM AND IT NEEDS ALSO TO BE UNDERSTOOD THAT OUTSIDE OF HIS OWN BELOVED TEMPLE HE WOULD PREFER TO GO TO A LITTLE CHURCH OR LITTLE HALL AND TO SPEAK TO THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE IN THE HOPES OF ENCOURAGING AND INSPIRING THEM AND FILLING THEM WITH A HOPEFUL GLOW RATHER THAN SPEAK TO THE RICH AND COMFORTABLE
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