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The man's life is a succession of delightful surprises. An odd trait of his character is his love for fire. THE MAN'S LIFE IS A SUCCESSION OF DELIGHTFUL SURPRISES AN ODD TRAIT OF HIS CHARACTER IS HIS LOVE FOR FIRE
f through his influence, and the university--the organizing of the university being in itself an achievement of positive romance. “A life without interest!” Why, when I happened to ask, one day, how many Presidents he had known since Lincoln, he replied, quite casually, that he had “written the lives of most of them in their own homes”; and by this he meant either personally or in collaboration with the American biographer Abbott. The many-sidedness of Conwell is one of the things that is always fascinating. After you have quite got the feeling that he is peculiarly a man of to-day, lecturing on to-day’s possibilities to the people of to-day, you happen upon some such fact as that he attracted the attention of the London _Times_ through a lecture on Italian history at Cambridge in England; or that on the evening of the day on which he was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of the United States he gave a lecture in Washington on “The Curriculum of the Prophets in Ancient Israel.” EROUS ASSOCIATION FORM WITHIN ITSELF THEREFORE HIS INFLUENCE IN THE UNIVERSITY THE ORGANIZING OF THE UNIVERSITY BEING ITSELF AN ACHIEVEMENT OF POSITIVE ROMANCE A LIFE WITHOUT INTEREST WHY WHEN I HAPPEN TO ASK ONE DAY HOW MANY PRESIDENTS HE HAD KNOWN SINCE LINCOLN HE REPLIED QUITE CASUALLY THAT HE HAD WRITTEN THE LIVES OF MOST OF THEM IN THEIR OWN HOMES AND BY THIS HE MEANT EITHER PERSONALLY OR IN COLLABORATION WITH THE AMERICAN BIOGRAPHER ABBOT THE MANY SIDENESS OF CONWELL IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS ALWAYS FASCINATING AFTER YOU HAVE GOT THE FEELING THAT HE IS PECULIARLY A MAN OF TO DAY LECTURING ON TO DAY'S POSSIBILITIES TO THE PEOPLE OF TO DAY YOU HAPPEN ONCE AGAIN SOME FACT THAT HE HAS ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF THE LONDON TIMES THROUGH A LECTURE ON ITALIAN HISTORY AT CAMBRIDGE IN ENGLAND OR THAT ON THE EVENING OF THE DAY ON WHICH HE WAS ADMITTED TO PRACTICE IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES HE GAVE A LECTURE IN WASHINGTON ON THE CURRICULUM OF THE PROPHETS IN ANCIENT ISRAEL
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