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branch there. Once he even started a newspaper. BRANCH THERE AND HE EVEN STARTED A NEWSPAPER
he sincerely believes that his life has in itself been without interest; that it has been an essentially commonplace life with nothing of the interesting or the eventful to tell. He is frankly surprised that there has ever been the desire to write about him. He really has no idea of how fascinating are the things he has done. His entire life has been of positive interest from the variety of things accomplished and the unexpectedness with which he has accomplished them. Never, for example, was there such an organizer. In fact, organization and leadership have always been as the breath of life to him. As a youth he organized debating societies and, before the war, a local military company. While on garrison duty in the Civil War he organized what is believed to have been the first free school for colored children in the South. One day Minneapolis happened to be spoken of, and Conwell happened to remember that he organized, when he was a lawyer in that city, what became the first Y.M.C.A. T ALL SO IT SEEMS TO HIM AND HE SINCERELY BELIEVES THAT HIS LIFE IN ITSELF BEEN WITHOUT INTEREST THAT IT HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIALLY COMMONPLACE LIFE WITH NOTHING OF THE INTERESTING OR EVENTFUL TO TELL SO FRANKLY SURPRISED THAT THERE WAS EVEN A DESIRE TO WRITE ABOUT HIM HE REALLY HAS NO IDEA HOW FASCINATING ARE THE THINGS THAT HE HAS DONE HIS ENTIRE LIFE HAS BEEN OF POSITIVE INTEREST FROM THE VARIETY OF THINGS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE UNEXPECTEDNESS OF WHICH HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED THEM NEVER FOR EXAMPLE WAS THERE SUCH AN ORGANIZER IN FACT ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AS THE BREATH OF LIFE TO HIM AS A YOUTH HE ORGANIZED DEBATING SOCIETIES AND BEFORE THE WAR A LOCAL MILITARY COMPANY WHILE ON GARRISON DUTY IN THE CIVIL WAR HE ORGANIZED WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE FIRST FREE SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN IN THE SOUTH ONE DAY MINNEAPOLIS HAPPENED TO BE SPOKEN OF AND CONWELL HAPPENED TO REMEMBER THAT HE ORGANIZED WHEN HE WAS A LAWYER IN THAT CITY WHAT WOULD BECOME THE FIRST Y M C A
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