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Finally, when he had put the string around his papers, he pushed them over to one side and looked over to me, and a smile came over his worn face. He said: "I am a very busy man and have only a few minutes to spare. Now tell me in the fewest words what it is you want." FINALLY WHEN HE HAD PUT THE STRING AROUND HIS PAPERS HE PUSHED THEM OVER TO ONE SIDE AND LOOKED OVER TO ME AND A SMILE CAME OVER HIS WORN FACE AND HE SAID I AM A VERY BUSY MAN AND HAVE ONLY A FEW MINUTES TO SPARE NOW TELL ME IN THE FEWEST WORDS WHAT IT IS YOU WANT
 us at Antietam as I was when I went into that room that day; but I finally mustered the courage--I don’t know how I ever did--and at arm’s-length tapped on the door. The man inside did not help me at all, but yelled out, “Come in and sit down!” Well, I went in and sat down on the edge of a chair, and wished I were in Europe, and the man at the table did not look up. He was one of the world’s greatest men, and was made great by one single rule. Oh, that all the young people of Philadelphia were before me now and I could say just this one thing, and that they would remember it. I would give a lifetime for the effect it would have on our city and on civilization. Abraham Lincoln’s principle for greatness can be adopted by nearly all. This was his rule: Whatsoever he had to do at all, he put his whole mind into it and held it all there until that was all done. That makes men great almost anywhere. He stuck to those papers at that table and did not look up at me, and I sat there trembling. AID WHEN THE SHELLS CAME AROUND US AT ANTIETAM AS I WAS WHEN I WENT INTO THAT ROOM THAT DAY BUT I FINALLY MUSTERED THE COURAGE I DON'T KNOW HOW I EVER DID AND AT ARM'S LENGTH TAPPED ON THE DOOR THE MAN INSIDE DID NOT HELP ME AT ALL BUT YELLED OUT COME IN AND SIT DOWN WELL I WENT IN AND SAT DOWN ON THE EDGE OF A CHAIR AND WISHED I WERE IN EUROPE AND THE MAN AT THE TABLE DID NOT LOOK UP HE WAS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST MEN AND WAS MADE GREAT BY ONE SINGLE RULE OH THAT ALL THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF PHILADELPHIA WERE BEFORE ME NOW AND I COULD SAY JUST THIS ONE THING AND THAT THEY WOULD REMEMBER IT I WOULD GIVE A LIFETIME FOR THE EFFECT IT WOULD HAVE ON OUR CITY AND ON CIVILIZATION ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S PRINCIPLE FOR GREATNESS CAN BE ADOPTED BY NEARLY ALL THIS WAS HIS RULE WHATSOEVER HE HAD TO DO AT ALL HE PUT HIS WHOLE MIND INTO IT AND HELD IT ALL THERE UNTIL THAT WAS ALL DONE THAT MAKES MEN GREAT ALMOST ANYWHERE HE STUCK TO THOSE PAPERS AT THE TABLE DID NOT LOOK UP AT ME AND I SAT THERE TREMBLING
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