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It is inexplicable, this, except that never was there a man more devoid of the faculty of self exploitation, self advertising, than Russell Conwell. IT IS INEXPLICABLE THIS EXCEPT THAT NEVER WAS THERE A MAN MORE DEVOID OF THE FACULTY OF SELF EXPLOITATION SELF ADVERTISING THAN RUSSELL CONWELL
ng anything, and he was too ill to be present at the services, but, there always being something contagiously inspiring about Russell Conwell when he wishes something to be done, the poet promised to do what he could. And he wrote and sent the beautiful lines beginning: _Dead he lay among his books, The peace of God was in his looks_. Many men of letters, including Ralph Waldo Emerson, were present at the services, and Dr. Conwell induced Oliver Wendell Holmes to read the lines, and they were listened to amid profound silence, to their fine ending. Conwell, in spite of his widespread hold on millions of people, has never won fame, recognition, general renown, compared with many men of minor achievements. This seems like an impossibility. Yet it is not an impossibility, but a fact. Great numbers of men of education and culture are entirely ignorant of him and his work in the world--men, these, who deem themselves in touch with world-affairs and with the ones who make and move the world. T THOUGHT OF WRITING ANYTHING AND HE WAS TOO ILL TO BE PRESENT SERVICES BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING CONTAGIOUSLY INSPIRING ABOUT RUSSELL CONWELL WHEN HE WISHES SOMETHING TO BE DONE THE POET PROMISED HE COULD DO WHAT HE COULD AND HE WROTE AND SENT THE BEAUTIFUL LINES BEGINNING DID HE LIE AMONG HIS BOOKS THE PEACE OF GOD WAS IN HIS BOOKS MANY MEN OF LETTERS INCLUDING RALPH WALDO EMERSON WERE PRESENT AT THE SERVICE AND DOCTOR CONWELL INDUCED OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES TO READ THE LINES AND THEY WERE LISTENED TO A MUT AMID PROFOUND SILENCE TO THE FINE ENDING CONWELL IN SPITE OF HIS WIDESPREAD HOLD ON MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAS NEVER WON FAME RECOGNITION OR GENERAL RENOWN COMPARED WITH MANY MEN OF MINOR ACHIEVEMENTS THIS SEEMS LIKE AN IMPOSSIBILITY YET IT IS NOT AN IMPOSSIBILITY BUT A FACT GREAT NUMBERS OF MEN OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE ARE ENTIRELY IGNORANT OF HIM AND HIS WORK IN THE WORLD MEN THESE WHO DEEM THEMSELVES IN TOUCH WITH WORLD AFFAIRS AND WITH THE ONES WHO MAKE AND MOVE THE WORLD
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