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One of my soldiers in the Civil War had been sentenced to death, and I went up to the White House in Washington  sent there for the first time in my life to see the President. I went into the waiting room and sat down with a lot of others on the benches, and the secretary asked one after another to tell him what they wanted. ONE OF MY SOLDIERS IN THE CIVIL WAR HAD BEEN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND I WENT UP TO THE WHITE HOUSE IN WASHINGTON SENT THERE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE TO SEE THE PRESIDENT I WENT INTO THE WAITING ROOM AND SAT DOWN WITH A LOT OF OTHERS ON THE BENCHES AND THE SECRETARY ASKED ONE AFTER ANOTHER TO TELL HIM WHAT THEY WANTED
 done. His neighbors do not regard him so great. You never see anything great over your back fence. You say there is no greatness among your neighbors. It is all away off somewhere else. Their greatness is ever so simple, so plain, so earnest, so practical, that the neighbors and friends never recognize it. True greatness is often unrecognized. That is sure. You do not know anything about the greatest men and women. I went out to write the life of General Garfield, and a neighbor, knowing I was in a hurry, and as there was a great crowd around the front door, took me around to General Garfield’s back door and shouted, “Jim! Jim!” And very soon “Jim” came to the door and let me in, and I wrote the biography of one of the grandest men of the nation, and yet he was just the same old “Jim” to his neighbor. If you know a great man in Philadelphia and you should meet him to-morrow, you would say, “How are you, Sam?” or “Good morning, Jim.” Of course you would. That is just what you would do.  PART FOUR OF ACRES OF DIAMONDS THIS IS A LIBERAL BOX RECORDING ALL LIBERATE BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBER VOX DOT ORG ACRES OF DIAMONDS BY RUSSELL H CONWELL PART FOUR TRUE GREATNESS IS OFTEN UNRECOGNIZED THAT IS SURE YOU DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GREATEST MEN AND WOMEN I WENT OUT TO WRITE THE LIFE OF GENERAL GARFIELD AND A NEIGHBOR KNOWING I WAS IN A HURRY AND AS THERE WAS A GREAT CROWD AROUND THE FRONT DOOR TOOK ME AROUND TO GENERAL GARFIELD'S BACK DOOR AND SHOUTED JIM JIM AND VERY SOON JIM CAME TO THE DOOR AND LET ME IN AND I WROTE THE BIOGRAPHY OF ONE OF THE GRANDEST MEN OF THE NATION AND YET HE WAS JUST THE SAME OLD JIM TO HIS NEIGHBOR IF YOU KNOW A GREAT MAN IN PHILADELPHIA AND YOU SHOULD MEET HIM TO MORROW YOU WOULD SAY HOW ARE YOU SAM OR GOOD MORNING JIM OF COURSE YOU WOULD THAT IS JUST WHAT YOU WOULD DO
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