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His belief in education, and in the highest attainable education, is profound, and it is not only on account of the abstract pleasure and value of education, but its power of increasing actual earning power and thus making a worker of more value to both himself and the community. HIS BELIEF IN EDUCATION AND IN THE HIGHEST ATTAINABLE EDUCATION IS PROFOUND AND IT IS NOT ONLY ON ACCOUNT OF HIS ABSTRACT PLEASURE AND VALUE OF EDUCATION BUT ITS POWER OF INCREASING THE ACTUAL EARNING POWER AND THUS MAKING A WORKER OF MORE VALUE TO BOTH HIMSELF AND THE COMMUNITY
days, when money was needed for the necessary buildings (the buildings of which Conwell dreamed when he left second-story doors in his church!), the university--college it was then called--had won devotion from those who knew that it was a place where neither time nor money was wasted, and where idleness was a crime, and in the donations for the work were many such items as four hundred dollars from factory-workers who gave fifty cents each, and two thousand dollars from policemen who gave a dollar each. Within two or three years past the State of Pennsylvania has begun giving it a large sum annually, and this state aid is public recognition of Temple University as an institution of high public value. The state money is invested in the brains and hearts of the ambitious. So eager is Dr. Conwell to place the opportunity of education before every one, that even his servants must go to school! He is not one of those who can see needs that are far away but not those that are right at home. N THE EARLY DAYS WHEN MONEY WAS NEEDED FOR THE NECESSARY BUILDINGS THE BUILDINGS OF WHICH CONWELL DRAITENED AND LEFT THE SECOND STORY DOORS IN HIS CHURCH THE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE AS IT WAS THEN CALLED HAD ONE DEVOTION FROM THOSE WHO KNEW THAT IT WAS A PLACE WHERE NEITHER TIME NOR MONEY WAS WASTED AND WHERE IDLENESS WAS A CRIME AND IN THE DONATIONS FOR THE WORK WERE MANY SUCH ITEMS AS FOUR HUNDRED DOLLARS FROM FACTORY WORKERS WHO GAVE FIFTY CENTS EACH OR TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM POLICEMEN WHO GAVE A DOLLAR EACH WITHIN TWO TO THREE YEARS PAST THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA HAS BEGUN GIVING IT A LARGE SUM ANNUALLY AND THIS STATE AID IS PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF THE TEMPLE UNIVERSITY AS AN INSTITUTE OF HIGH PUBLIC VALUE THE STATE MONEY INVESTED IN THE BRAINS AND HEARTS OF THE AMBITIOUS SO EAGER IS DOCTOR CONWELL TO PLACE THE OPPORTUNITY OF EDUCATION BEFORE EVERYONE THAT EVEN HIS SERVANTS MUST GO TO SCHOOL HE IS NOT ONE OF THOSE WHO CAN SEE NEEDS THAT ARE FAR AWAY BUT NOT THOSE THAT ARE RIGHT AT HOME
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