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Had it been in some other kind of place, some merely ordinary place, some quite usual place, he might not have taken the important step. HAD IT BEEN SOME OTHER KIND OF PLACE SOME MERELY ORDINARY PLACE SOME QUITE USUAL PLACE HE MIGHT NOT HAVE TAKEN THAT IMPORTANT STEP
avity: “Go and telegraph that soldier’s mother that Abraham Lincoln never signed a warrant to shoot a boy under twenty, and never will.” That was the one and only time that he spoke with Lincoln, and it remains an indelible impression. The third time he saw Lincoln was when, as officer of the day, he stood for hours beside the dead body of the President as it lay in state in Washington. In those hours, as he stood rigidly as the throng went shuffling sorrowfully through, an immense impression came to Colonel Conwell of the work and worth of the man who there lay dead, and that impression has never departed. John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, old Revolutionary Lexington--how Conwell’s life is associated with famous men and places!--and it was actually at Lexington that he made the crucial decision as to the course of his life! And it seems to me that it was, although quite unconsciously, because of the very fact that it was Lexington that Conwell was influenced to decide and to act as he did. NCOLN SAID WITH STERN GRAVITY GO AND TELEGRAPH THAT SOLDIER'S MOTHER THAT ABRAHAM LINCOLN NEVER SIGNED A WARRANT TO SHOOT A BOY UNDER TWENTY AND NEVER WILL THAT WAS THE ONE AND ONLY TIME THAT HE SPOKE WITH LINCOLN AND IT REMAINS AN INDELIBLE IMPRESSION THE THIRD TIME HE SAW LINCOLN WAS WHEN AS OFFICER OF THE DAY HE STOOD FOR HOURS BESIDES THE DEAD BODY OF THE PRESIDENT AS IT LAY IN STATE IN WASHINGTON IN THOSE HOURS HE STOOD RIGIDLY AS THE THRONG WENT SHUFFLING SORROWFULLY THROUGH AN IMMENSE IMPRESSION CAME TO COLONEL CONWELL OF THE WORK AND WORTH OF THE MAN WHO LAY THERE DEAD AND THAT IMPRESSION HAS NEVER DEPARTED JOHN BROWN ABRAHAM LINCOLN OLD REVOLUTIONARY LEXINGTON HOW CONWELL'S LIFE IS ASSOCIATED WITH FAMOUS MEN AND PLACES AND IT WAS ACTUALLY AT LEXINGTON THAT HE MADE THE CRITICAL DECISION AS TO THE COURSE OF HIS LIFE AND IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT WAS ALTHOUGH QUITE UNCONSCIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE VERY FACT THAT IT WAS LEXINGTON THAT CONWELL WAS INFLUENCED TO DECIDE AND TO ACT AS HE DID
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