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It was a remarkable good fortune which came to me as a lecturer when Mr. James Redpath organized the first lecture bureau ever established. Mr. IT WAS A REMARKABLE GOOD FORTUNE WHICH CAME TO ME AS A LECTURER WHEN MISTER JAMES REDPATH ORGANIZED THE FIRST LECTURE BUREAU EVER ESTABLISHED MISTER
lt Lake City and was a member of the committee at the Mormon Tabernacle in 1872 which, when I was a correspondent, on a journey around the world, employed me to lecture on “Men of the Mountains” in the Mormon Tabernacle, at a fee of five hundred dollars. While I was gaining practice in the first years of platform work, I had the good fortune to have profitable employment as a soldier, or as a correspondent or lawyer, or as an editor or as a preacher, which enabled me to pay my own expenses, and it has been seldom in the fifty years that I have ever taken a fee for my personal use. In the last thirty-six years I have dedicated solemnly all the lecture income to benevolent enterprises. If I am antiquated enough for an autobiography, perhaps I may be aged enough to avoid the criticism of being an egotist, when I state that some years I delivered one lecture, “Acres of Diamonds,” over two hundred times each year, at an average income of about one hundred and fifty dollars for each lecture. MOVED TO SALT LAKE CITY AND WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE AT THE MORMON TABERNACLE IN EIGHTEEN SIXTY TWO WHICH WHEN I WAS A CORRESPONDENT ON A JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD EMPLOYED ME TO LECTURE ON MEN OF THE MOUNTAINS IN THE MORMON TABERNACLE AT A FEE OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS WHILE I WAS GAINING PRACTICE IN THE FIRST YEARS OF PLATFORM WORK I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE PROFITABLE EMPLOYMENT AS A SOLDIER OR AS A CORRESPONDENT OR LAWYER OR AS AN EDITOR OR AS A PREACHER WHICH ENABLED ME TO PAY MY OWN EXPENSES AND IT IS SELDOM IN THE FIFTY YEARS THAT I HAVE EVER TAKEN A FEE FOR MY PERSONAL USE IN THE LAST THIRTY SIX YEARS I HAVE DEDICATED SOLEMNLY ALL MY LECTURE INCOME TO BENEVOLENT ENTERPRISES IF I AM ANTIQUATED ENOUGH FOR AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERHAPS I MAY BE AGED ENOUGH TO AVOID THE CRITICISM OF BEING AN EGOIST WHEN I STATE THAT SOME YEARS I HAVE DELIVERED ONE LECTURE ACRES OF DIAMONDS OVER TWO HUNDRED TIMES EACH YEAR AT AN AVERAGE INCOME OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS FOR EACH LECTURE
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