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Taylor, with whom I was employed for a time as reporter for the Boston _Daily Traveler_, I was indebted for many acts of self sacrificing friendship which soften my soul as I recall them. TAYLOR WITH WHOM I WAS EMPLOYED FOR A TIME AS A REPORTER FOR THE BOSTON DAILY TRAVELLER I WAS INDEBTED FOR MANY ACTS OF SELF SACRIFICING FRIENDSHIP WHICH SOFTEN MY SOUL AS I RECALL THEM
her, 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. 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. Redpath was the biographer of John Brown of Harper’s Ferry renown, and as Mr. Brown had been long a friend of my father’s I found employment, while a student on vacation, in selling that life of John Brown. That acquaintance with Mr. Redpath was maintained until Mr. Redpath’s death. To General Charles H. 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 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 REDPATH WAS THE BIOGRAPHER OF JOHN BROWN OF HARPER'S FERRY RENOWN AND AS MISTER BROWN HAD LONG BEEN A FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S I FOUND EMPLOYMENT WHILE A STUDENT ON VACATION IN SELLING THAT LIFE OF JOHN BROWN THAT ACQUAINTANCE WITH MISTER REDPATH WAS MAINTAINED UNTIL MISTER REDPATH'S DEATH TO GENERAL CHARLES H
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