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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. 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
 in and then went out another door to the left and shut that. There I was, in the hallway by myself before the President of the United States of America’s door. I had been on fields of battle, where the shells did sometimes shriek and the bullets did sometimes hit me, but I always wanted to run. I have no sympathy with the old man who says, “I would just as soon march up to the cannon’s mouth as eat my dinner.” I have no faith in a man who doesn’t know enough to be afraid when he is being shot at. I never was so afraid 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. AD TOLD ME HOW TO GO IN AND THEN WENT OUT THE OTHER DOOR ON THE LEFT AND SHUT THAT THERE I WAS IN THE HALLWAY BY MYSELF BEFORE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S DOOR I'D BEEN ON FIELDS OF BATTLE WHERE THE SHELLS DID SOMETIMES SHRIEK AND THE BULLETS DID SOMETIMES HIT ME BUT I ALWAYS WANTED TO RUN I HAVE NO SYMPATHY WITH THE OLD MAN WHO SAYS I WOULD JUST AS SOON MARCH UP TO THE CANNON'S MOUTH AS EAT MY MY DINNER AND I HAVE NO FAITH IN A MAN WHO DOESN'T KNOW ENOUGH TO BE AFRAID WHEN HE'S BEING SHOT AT I NEVER WAS SO AFRAID 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
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