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One hears of so many that there must be vastly more that are never told. A few of the most recent were told me by Dr. Conwell himself, one being of a farmer boy who walked a long distance to hear him. On his way home, so the boy, now a man, has written him, he thought over and over of what he could do to advance himself, and before he reached home he learned that a teacher was wanted at a certain country school. ONE HEARS OF SO MANY THAT THERE MUST BE VASTLY MORE THAT ARE NEVER TOLD A FEW OF THE MOST RECENT WERE TOLD ME BY DOCTOR CONWELL HIMSELF ONE BEING OF A FARMER'S BOY WHO WALKED ALONG A GREAT DISTANCE TO HEAR HIM ON THE WAY HOME SO THE BOY NOW A MAN HAS WRITTEN HIM HE THOUGHT OVER AND OVER OF WHAT HE COULD DO TO ADVANCE HIMSELF AND BEFORE HE REACHED HOME HE LEARNED THAT A TEACHER WAS WANTED AT A CERTAIN COUNTRY SCHOOL
me, forgets that the night is late and that he has a long journey to go to get home, and keeps on generously for two hours! And every one wishes it were four. Always he talks with ease and sympathy. There are geniality, composure, humor, simple and homely jests--yet never does the audience forget that he is every moment in tremendous earnest. They bubble with responsive laughter or are silent in riveted attention. A stir can be seen to sweep over an audience, of earnestness or surprise or amusement or resolve. When he is grave and sober or fervid the people feel that he is himself a fervidly earnest man, and when he is telling something humorous there is on his part almost a repressed chuckle, a genial appreciation of the fun of it, not in the least as if he were laughing at his own humor, but as if he and his hearers were laughing together at something of which they were all humorously cognizant. Myriad successes in life have come through the direct inspiration of this single lecture.  TIME FORGETS THAT THE NIGHT IS LATE AND THAT HE HAS A LONG JOURNEY TO GO TO GET HOME HE KEEPS ON GENEROUSLY FOR TWO HOURS AND EVERY ONE THERE WISHES IT WERE FOUR ALWAYS HE TALKS WITH EASE AND SYMPATHY THERE ARE GENERALLY COMPOSURE HUMOUR SIMPLE AND HOMELY JESTS YET NEVER DOES THE AUDIENCE FORGET THAT HE IS EVERY MOMENT IN TREMENDOUS EARNEST THEY BUBBLE WITH RESPONSIVE LAUGHTER OR ARE SILENT AND RIVETED ATTENTION A STIR CAN BE SEEN TO SWEEP OVER THE AUDIENCE OF EARNESTNESS OR SURPRISE OR AMUSEMENT OR RESOLVE WHEN HE IS GRAVE AND SOBER OR FERVID THE PEOPLE FEEL THAT HE IS HIMSELF A FERVIDLY EARNEST MAN AND WHEN HE IS TELLING SOMETHING HUMOROUS THERE IS ON HIS PART AN ALMOST REPRESSED CHUCKLE A GENIAL APPRECIATION OF THE FUN OF IT AND NOT IN THE LEAST AS IF HE WERE LAUGHING IN HIS OWN HUMOR BUT AS IF HE AND HIS HEARERS WERE LAUGHING TOGETHER AT SOMETHING WHICH THEY WERE ALL HUMOROUSLY COGNIZANT MYRIAD'S SUCCESSES IN LIFE HAVE COME THROUGH THE DIRECT INSPIRATION OF THIS SINGLE LECTURE FOR
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