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My best known lecture, "Acres of Diamonds," was a mere accidental address, at first given before a reunion of my old comrades of the Forty sixth Massachusetts Regiment, which served in the Civil War and in which I was captain. MY BEST KNOWN LECTURE ACRES OF DIAMONDS WAS A MERE ACCIDENTAL ADDRESS FIRST GIVEN BEFORE A REUNION OF MY OLD COMRADES AT THE FIFTY SIXTH MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENT WHICH SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR AND WHICH I WAS CAPTAIN
er sixty thousand dollars a year for the uplift of humanity, has made life a continual surprise; while the Samaritan Hospital’s amazing growth, and the Garretson Hospital’s dispensaries, have been so continually ministering to the sick and poor, and have done such skilful work for the tens of thousands who ask for their help each year, that I have been made happy while away lecturing by the feeling that each hour and minute they were faithfully doing good. Temple University, which was founded only twenty-seven years ago, has already sent out into a higher income and nobler life nearly a hundred thousand young men and women who could not probably have obtained an education in any other institution. The faithful, self-sacrificing faculty, now numbering two hundred and fifty-three professors, have done the real work. For that I can claim but little credit; and I mention the University here only to show that my “fifty years on the lecture platform” has necessarily been a side line of work. ROUGH ITS MEMBERSHIP OVER SIXTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A YEAR FOR THE UPLIFT OF HUMANITY HAS MADE A LIFE A CONTINUAL SURPRISE WHILE THE SAMARITAN HOSPITAL'S AMAZING GROWTH AND THE GARRETONS HOSPITALS DISPENSARIES HAVE BEEN SO CONTINUALLY MINISTERING TO THE SICK AND POOR AND HAVE DONE SUCH SKILFUL WORK FOR THE TENS OF THOUSANDS WHO ASK FOR THEIR HELP EACH YEAR THAT I HAVE BEEN MADE HAPPY WHILE AWAY LECTURING BY THE FEELING THAT EACH HOUR AND MINUTE THEY ARE FAITHFULLY DOING GOOD TEMPLE UNIVERSITY WHICH WAS FOUNDED ONLY TWENTY SEVEN YEARS AGO HAS ALREADY SENT OUT INTO THE HIGHER INCOME A NOBLER LIFE NEARLY A HUNDRED THOUSAND YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WHO COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE OBTAINED AN EDUCATION IN ANY OTHER INSTITUTION THE FAITHFUL SELF SACRIFICING FACULTY NOW NUMBERING TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE PROFESSORS HAVE DONE THE REAL WORK FOR I CAN CLAIM BUT LITTLE CREDIT AND I MENTION THE UNIVERSITY HERE ONLY TO SHOW THAT MY FIFTY YEARS ON THE LECTURE PLATFORM HAS NECESSARILY BEEN A SIDE LINE OF WORK
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