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It was bedroom and kitchen. It was poverty." And his voice sank with a kind of grimness into silence. IT WAS BEDROOM AND KITCHEN IT WAS POVERTY AND HIS VOICE SANK WITH A KIND OF GRIMNESS INTO SILENCE
-day, just as it was recognized in Lexington. And it may be added that he at the same time attracts older people, too! In this, indeed, lies his power. He makes his church interesting, his sermons interesting, his lectures interesting. He is himself interesting! Because of his being interesting, he gains attention. The attention gained, he inspires. Biography is more than dates. Dates, after all, are but mile-stones along the road of life. And the most important fact of Conwell’s life is that he lived to be eighty-two, working sixteen hours every day for the good of his fellow-men. He was born on February 15, 1843--born of poor parents, in a low-roofed cottage in the eastern Berkshires, in Massachusetts. “I was born in this room,” he said to me, simply, as we sat together recently [3] in front of the old fireplace in the principal room of the little cottage; for he has bought back the rocky farm of his father, and has retained and restored the little old home. “I was born in this room.  THAT TO DAY JUST AS IT WAS RECOGNIZED IN LEXINGTON AND IT MAY BE ADDED THAT HE AT THE SAME TIME ATTRACTS OLDER PEOPLE TOO IN THIS INDEED LIES HIS POWER HE MAKES HIS CHURCH INTERESTING HIS SERMONS INTERESTING HIS LECTURES INTERESTING HE IS HIMSELF INTERESTING BECAUSE OF HIS BEING INTERESTING HE GAINS ATTENTION THE ATTENTION GAINED HE INSPIRES BIOGRAPHY IS MORE THAN DATES DATES AFTER ALL ARE BUT MILESTONES ALONG THE REAL ROAD OF LIFE AND THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT FROM CONWELL'S LIFE IS THAT HE LIVED TO BE EIGHTY TWO WORKING SIXTEEN HOUR DAYS EVERY DAY FOR A GOOD OF HIS FELLOW MAN HE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH EIGHTEEN FORTY THREE BORN OF POOR PARENTS IN A LOW ROOFED COTTAGE IN THE EASTERN BERKSHIRES IN MASSACHUSETTS I WAS BORN IN THIS ROOM HE SAID TO ME SIMPLY AS WE SAT TOGETHER RECENTLY IN FRONT OF THE OLD FIREPLACE IN THE PRINCIPAL ROOM OF THE LITTLE COTTAGE FOR HE HAS BROUGHT BACK THE ROCKY FARM OF HIS FATHER AND HAS RETAINED AND RESTORED THE LITTLE OLD HOME I WAS BORN IN THIS ROOM
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