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And the literal school was a tiny one room school house where young Conwell came under the care of a teacher who realized the boy's unusual capabilities and was able to give him broad and unusual help. AND THAT LITERAL SCHOOL WAS A TINY ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE WHERE YOUNG CONWELL CAME UNDER THE CARE OF A TEACHER WHO REALIZED THE BOY'S UNUSUAL CAPABILITIES AND WAS ABLE TO GIVE HIM BROAD AND UNUSUAL HELP
rough his ancestry, too, for in him are the sturdy virtues, the bravery, the grim determination, the practicality, of his father; and romanticism, that comes from his grandmother; and the dreamy qualities of his mother, who, practical and hardworking New England woman that she was, was at the same time influenced by an almost startling mysticism. And Conwell himself is a dreamer: first of all he is a dreamer; it is the most important fact in regard to him! It is because he is a dreamer and visualizes his dreams that he can plan the great things that to other men would seem impossibilities; and then his intensely practical side his intense efficiency, his power, his skill, his patience, his fine earnestness, his mastery over others, develop his dreams into realities. He dreams dreams and sees visions--but his visions are never visionary and his dreams become facts. The rocky hills which meant a dogged struggle for very existence, the fugitive slaves, John Brown--what a school for youth! LL IN FACT HE MAY BE TRACED THROUGH HIS ANCESTRY TOO FOR IN HIM THERE ARE STURDY VIRTUES THE BRAVERY THE GRIM DETERMINATION THE PRACTICALITY OF HIS FATHER AND ROMANTICISM THAT COMES FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER AND THE DREAMY QUALITIES OF HIS MOTHER THE PRACTICAL AND HARD WORKING NEW ENGLAND WOMAN THAT SHE WAS WAS THE SAME TIME INFLUENCED BY AN ALMOST STARTLING MYSTICISM AND CONWELL HIMSELF IS A DREAMER FIRST OF ALL HE IS A DREAMER IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FACT IN REGARD TO HIM IT IS BECAUSE HE IS A DREAMER AND VISUALIZES HIS DREAMS THAT HE CAN PLAN THE GREAT THINGS THAT TO OTHER MEN WOULD SEEM IMPOSSIBILITIES AND THEN HIS INTENSELY PRACTICAL SIDE HIS INTENSE EFFICIENCY HIS POWER HIS SKILL HIS PATIENCE HIS FINE EARNESTNESS HIS MASTERY OVER OTHERS DEVELOP HIS DREAMS INTO REALITY HE DREAMS DREAMS AND SEES VISIONS BUT HIS VISIONS ARE NEVER VISIONARY AND HIS DREAMS BECOME FAT THE ROCKY HILLS WHICH MEANT A DOGGED STRUGGLE FOR ITS VERY EXISTENCE THE FUGITIVE SLAVES JOHN BROWN WHAT A SCHOOL FOR YOUTH
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