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And she also sells pure ice from the pool, cut in winter time and all because of "Acres of Diamonds"! Several millions of dollars, in all, have been received by Russell Conwell as the proceeds from this single lecture. AND SHE ALSO SELLS PURE ICE FROM THE POOL CUT IN WINTER TIME ALL BECAUSE OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS SEVERAL MILLION DOLLARS IN ALL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED BY BRUSSEL CONWELL AS HIS PROCEEDS FROM THIS SINGLE LECTURE
er of the intermediate details between the important beginning of a thing and the satisfactory end, “and now that young man is one of our college presidents.” And very recently a lady came to Dr. Conwell, the wife of an exceptionally prominent man who was earning a large salary, and she told him that her husband was so unselfishly generous with money that often they were almost in straits. And she said they had bought a little farm as a country place, paying only a few hundred dollars for it, and that she had said to herself, laughingly, after hearing the lecture, “There are no acres of diamonds on this place!” But she also went on to tell that she had found a spring of exceptionally fine water there, although in buying they had scarcely known of the spring at all; and she had been so inspired by Conwell that she had had the water analyzed and, finding that it was remarkably pure, had begun to have it bottled and sold under a trade name as special spring water. And she is making money. HIS CHARACTERISTIC SKIMMING OVER THE INTERMEDIATE DETAILS BETWEEN THE IMPORTANT BEGINNING OF A THING AND THE SATISFACTORY END AND NOW THAT YOUNG MAN IS ONE OF OUR COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AND VERY RECENTLY A LADY CAME TO DOCTOR CONWELL THE WIFE OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY PROMINENT MAN WHO WAS EARNING A LARGE SALARY AND SHE TOLD HIM THAT HER HUSBAND WAS SO UNSELFISHLY GENEROUS WITH MONEY THAT THEY OFTEN WERE ALMOST IN STRAITS AND SHE SAID THAT THEY HAD BOUGHT A LITTLE FARM ON A COUNTRY PLACE PAYING ONLY A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR IT AND THAT SHE SAID TO HERSELF LAUGHINGLY AFTER HEARING THE LECTURE THERE WERE NO ACRES OF DIAMONDS IN THIS PLACE BUT SHE WENT ON TO TELL HIM THAT HE HAD FOUND A SPRING OF EXCEPTIONALLY FINE WATER THERE ALTHOUGH IN BUYING THEY HAD SCARCELY KNOWN OF THE SPRING AT ALL AND SHE HAD BEEN SO INSPIRED BY CONWELL THAT SHE HAD THE WATER ANALYZED AND FINDING THAT IT WAS REMARKABLY PURE HAD BEGUN TO HAVE IT BOTTLED AND SOLD UNDER A TRADE NAME A SPECIAL SPRING WATER SHE IS MAKING MONEY
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