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What a marvel is such a fact as that! Millions of hearers! I asked the same question of his private secretary, and found that no one had ever kept any sort of record; but as careful an estimate as could be made gave a conservative result of fully eight million hearers for his lectures; and adding the number to whom he has preached, who have been over five million, there is a total of well over thirteen million who have listened to Russell Conwell's voice! WHAT A MARVEL IN SUCH A FACT AS THAT MILLIONS OF HEARERS I ASKED THE SAME QUESTION OF HIS PRIVATE SECRETARY AND FOUND THAT NO ONE EVER KEPT ANY SORT OF RECORD BUT AS CAREFUL AN ESTIMATE AS COULD BE MADE GAVE A CONSERVATIVE RESULT AT FULLY EIGHT MILLION HEARERS OF HIS LECTURES AND ADDING THE NUMBER TO WHOM HE IS PREACHED WHO HAVE BEEN OVER FIVE MILLION THERE IS A TOTAL OF WELL OVER THIRTEEN MILLION WHO HAVE LISTENED TO RUSSELL CONWELL'S VOICE
 more than amusement in recalling these experiences, for he knows that they were invaluable to him as training. And for over half a century he has affectionately remembered John B. Gough, who, in the height of his own power and success, saw resolution and possibilities in the ardent young hill-man, and actually did him the kindness and the honor of introducing him to an audience in one of the Massachusetts towns; and it was really a great kindness and a great honor, from a man who had won his fame to a young man just beginning an oratorical career. Conwell’s lecturing has been, considering everything, the most important work of his life, for by it he has come into close touch with so many millions--literally millions!--of people. I asked him once if he had any idea how many he had talked to in the course of his career, and he tried to estimate how many thousands of times he had lectured, and the average attendance for each, but desisted when he saw that it ran into millions of hearers. ERE IS MORE THAN AMUSEMENT IN RECALLING THOSE EXPERIENCES FOR HE KNOWS THAT THEY WERE INVALUABLE TO HIM AS TRAINING AND FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY HE HAS AFFECTIONATELY REMEMBERED JOHN B GOUGH WHO IN THE HEIGHT OF HIS OWN POWER AND SUCCESS SAW RESOLUTION AND POSSIBILITIES IN THE ARDENT YOUNG HILL MAN AND ACTUALLY DID HIM THE KINDNESS AND THE HONOUR OF INTRODUCING HIM TO AN AUDIENCE IN ONE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS AND IT WAS REALLY A GREAT KINDNESS AND A GREAT HONOUR FROM A MAN WHO HAD WON HIS FAME TO A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS JUST BEGINNING HIS ORATORICAL CAREER CONWELL'S LECTURING HAD BEEN CONSIDERING EVERYTHING THE MOST IMPORTANT WORK OF HIS LIFE FOR BY IT HE HAS COME INTO CLOSE TOUCH WITH SO MANY MILLIONS LITERALLY MILLIONS OF PEOPLE I ASKED HIM ONCE IF HE HAD ANY IDEA HOW MANY HE HAD TALKED TO IN THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER AND HE TRIED TO ESTIMATE HOW MANY THOUSANDS OF TIMES HE HAD LECTURED AND THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE FOR EACH BUT DESTINED WHEN HE SAW THAT IT RAN INTO THE MILLIONS OF HEARERS
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