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I often wish I could see the younger people, and would that the Academy had been filled to night with our high school scholars and our grammar school scholars, that I could have them to talk to. I OFTEN WISH I COULD SEE THE YOUNGER PEOPLE AND THAT THE ACADEMY HAD BEEN FILLED TO NIGHT WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARS AND OUR GRAMMAR SCHOOL SCHOLARS THAT I COULD HAVE THEM TO TALK TO
 I will tell you what I “guess” as a Yankee. I guess that he sits out there by his fireside to-night with his friends gathered around him, and he is saying to them something like this: “Do you know that man Conwell who lives in Philadelphia?” “Oh yes, I have heard of him.” “Do you know that man Jones that lives in Philadelphia?” “Yes, I have heard of him, too.” Then he begins to laugh, and shakes his sides and says to his friends, “Well, they have done just the same thing I did, precisely”--and that spoils the whole joke, for you and I have done the same thing he did, and while we sit here and laugh at him he has a better right to sit out there and laugh at us. I know I have made the same mistakes, but, of course, that does not make any difference, because we don’t expect the same man to preach and practise, too. As I come here to-night and look around this audience I am seeing again what through these fifty years I have continually seen-men that are making precisely that same mistake. T HAS BECOME OF HIM I DO NOT KNOW AT ALL BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I GUESS AS A YANKEE THAT HE SITS OUT THERE BY HIS FIRESIDE TO NIGHT WITH HIS FRIENDS GATHERED AROUND HIM AND HE IS SAYING TO THEM SOMETHING LIKE DO YOU KNOW THAT MAN CONWELL WHO LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA OH YES I HAVE HEARD OF HIM DO YOU KNOW THAT MAN JONES WHO LIVES IN PHILADELPHIA YES I HAVE HEARD OF HIM TOO AND THEN HE BEGINS TO LAUGH AND SHAKES HIS SIDES AND SAYS TO HIS FRIENDS WELL THEY HAVE DONE JUST THE SAME THING I DID PRECISELY AND THAT SPOILS THE WHOLE JOKE FOR YOU AND I HAVE DONE THE SAME THING HE DID AND A WHILE WE SIT HERE AND LAUGH AT HIM HE HAS A BETTER RIGHT TO SIT OUT THERE AND LAUGH AT US I KNOW I HAVE MADE THE SAME MISTAKE BUT OF COURSE THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT THE SAME MAN TO PREACH AND PRACTISE TOO AS I COME HERE TO NIGHT I LOOK AROUND THIS AUDIENCE AND I AM SEEING AGAIN WHAT THROUGH THESE FIFTY YEARS I HAVE CONTINUALLY SEEN MEN THAT ARE MAKING PRECISELY THAT SAME MISTAKE
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