The daily sentinel., 1904-02-09
"ACreS of Diamonds.


turer found "acres of diamonds in
Grand junction last. night, he told
how others could find them also. bat
it remains question whether any ma
tive will be able to uncover quite so
many as the distinguished lecturer
stated existed here
The opera house was crowded with
representative and intelligent audi
cence. who seemed to drink in eagerly
eevry word said and if you see the
majority of the inhabitants delving
around in the tall grass for the next
few days you NAV know that they are
putting IN practice the hints put forts
by DR.. Conwell. IN attempting to Sc
cure some of the diamonds laying
around loose.
In nut she'll the theme of the lee
turer was that diamonds in the rough
are to be found everywhere, right
here at home and it is unnecessary to
90 rainbow chasing to some other part
of the world to secure fortune. pros
perity, coutentment or riches.
Right at the beginning DR.. Con
well stated that he was ON the lecture
platform for purpose. That purpose
was not to amuse but to do some good
for humanity, to say something, do
something that would make the world
and the people that live in it better.
He said that for many years he had
not received dollar above his eXpen-
90. Co., I;- ,,IorF1r,,, ,r-ork II oil " ont
to educating yonug men, so that what
ever he said WIS said not to amuse
ont to instruct He disclaimed any
desire to make his audience laugh.
but at the same time told so many
funny and taking stories that the aud
ience could not help responding to the
humor of the situations described.
The lecturer endeavored to show
that with work and without that aux
iliary. CAPITAL" which every
young man of today seemed to think
was necessary, that men had acquired
riches. He cited the fact that cf all
the great rich men of America. that
but one or two of them had laid the
foundations of their own fortunes and
that they had applied every energy
and power to make their business a
success. He gave humorous illustrG-
tions to illustrate what was necessary
to success. He gave little of his
own experience in attempting to con-
duct his fathers store down in Massa-
chusetts. He took that as text to
hnt bn Fol hat
some of the diamonds you are looking
for in this world are found in the aft
ability which you bring into your
lsiness and greatest of all in provid
ing "THINGS THAT PEOPLE
WANT. He said no man could make
success in this world by providing
and attepmting to sell things that
people did not want.
His illustrations were so numerous
and so apropos to what he was intend
ing to illustrate at the time that it is
hard to recall or in fact to know
where to begin to say really what he
did say.
One of the POINTS that the speaker
made most pertinent, was his discus
sion of the rich man. He said it was
most harmful to the youth of Ameri-
ca to have the ire sponsible papers of
the nation inveigh against the rich
men, who We're the poor boys of forty
years ago. He said that 9S per cent
of these men were the salt of the earth
and were ready and willing to do for
humanity at all times. He said it
was necessary for capital and the only
thing to do for young man, was to
buckle right down ana get some of
that capital himself
Another most apt illustration was
when he talked of labor unions. He
said they were right but had many
wrong things in their make up, chief
of which was to make a laboring man
of genius who was capable of earning
goodly wage. to come down to the
basis of an imbecile who was not
worth his salt.
But words could be multiplied end
lessly in reviewing the leture of this
most eminent man. 1t was lecture
worth while and should have been
heard by every student in the public
schools of this city. one such lecture
has more meat that Will stick to the
mental ribs. than half years school
ing.
Altogether the Lyceum course mnn-
agors are to be congratulated ON hay
( ing secured Dr. Conwell for the
course.
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