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And he went on to talk a little of his early years in Philadelphia, and he said, with sadness, that it had pained him to meet with opposition, and that it had even come from ministers of his own denomination, for he had been so misunderstood and misjudged; but, he added, the momentary somberness lifting, even his bitter enemies had been won over with patience. AND HE WENT ON TO TALK A LITTLE OF HIS EARLY YEARS IN PHILADELPHIA AND HE SAID WITH SADNESS THAT IT HAD PAINED HIM TO MEET WITH OPPOSITION AND IT HAD EVEN COME FROM MINISTERS OF HIS OWN DENOMINATION FOR HE HAD BEEN SO MISUNDERSTOOD AND MISJUDGED BUT HE ADDED THE MOMENTARY SOMBERNESS FEELING EVEN HIS BITTER ENEMIES HAD BEEN WON OVER WITH PATIENCE
 for it, and he knows that they do and laughs about it himself. “I tire them all,” he says, “for they hear me say it every day.” But he says it every day because it means so much to him. It stands, in his mind, as a constant warning against anger or impatience or over-haste--faults to which his impetuous temperament is prone, though few have ever seen him either angry or impatient or hasty, so well does he exercise self-control. Those who have long known him well have said to me that they have never heard him censure any one; that his forbearance and kindness are wonderful. He is a sensitive man beneath his composure; he has suffered, and keenly, when he has been unjustly attacked; he feels pain of that sort for a long time, too, for even the passing of years does not entirely deaden it. “When I have been hurt, or when I have talked with annoying cranks, I have tried to let Patience have her perfect work, for those very people, if you have patience with them, may afterward be of help.”  LAUGH ABOUT HIS LOVE FOR IT AND HE KNOWS THAT THEY WILL DO AND LAUGHS ABOUT IT HIMSELF I TIRE THEM ALL HE SAYS FOR THEY HEAR ME SAY IT EVERY DAY BUT HE SAYS IT EVERY DAY BECAUSE IT MEANS SO MUCH TO HIM IT STANDS AS IN HIS MIND AS A CONSTANT WARNING AGAINST ANGER AND IMPATIENCE OR OVER HASTE FAULTS TO WHICH HIS IMPETUOUS TEMPERAMENT IS PRONE THOUGH FEW HAVE EVER SEEN HIM EITHER ANGRY OR IMPATIENT OR HASTY SO WELL DOES HE EXERCISE SELF CONTROL THOSE WHO HAVE LONG KNOWN HIM WELL HAVE SAID TO ME THAT THEY HAVE NEVER HEARD HIM CENSURE ANYONE THAT HIS FORBEARANCE AND KINDNESS ARE WONDERFUL HE IS A SENSITIVE MAN BENEATH THIS COMPOSURE HE HAS SUFFERED AND KEENLY WHEN HE HAS BEEN UNJUSTLY ATTACKED HE FEELS PAIN OF THAT SORT FOR A LONG TIME TOO FOR EVEN THE PASSING OF THE YEARS DOES NOT ENTIRELY DEADEN IT WHEN I HAVE BEEN HURT OR WHEN I HAVE TALKED WITH ANNOYING CRANKS I HAVE TRIED TO LET PATIENTS HAVE THEIR PERFECT WORK FOR THOSE VERY PEOPLE WHO HAVE PATIENCE WITH THEM MAY AFTERWARD BE OF HELP
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