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Acres of Diamonds-Part21_Russell H.Conwell(1843-1925)_English Literature(文学名著)-第2页

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And, as to the young woman before him, it

developed, through discreetinquiry veiled by



frank discussion of her case, that she had made

the expensive-looking hat herself! Whereupon



not only did all doubtfulness and hesitation vanish,

but he saw at once how she could better herself.



He knew that a woman who could make a hat

like that for herself could make hats for other



people, and so, ``Go into millinery as a business,''

he advised.



``Oh--if I only could!'' she exclaimed. ``But

I know that I don't know enough.''



``Take the millinery course in Temple University,''

he responded.



She had not even heard of such a course, and

when he went on to explain how she could take



it and at the same time continue at her present

work until the course was concluded, she was



positively ecstatic--it was all so unexpected, this

opening of the view of a new and broader life.



``She was an unusual woman,'' concluded Dr.

Conwell, ``and she worked with enthusiasm and



tirelessness. She graduated, went to an up-state

city that seemed to offer a good field, opened a



millinery establishment there, with her own name

above the door, and became prosperous. That



was only a few years ago. And recently I had a

letter from her, telling me that last year she



netted a clear profit of three thousand six hundred

dollars!''



I remember a man, himself of distinguished

position, saying of Dr. Conwell, ``It is difficult



to speak in tempered language of what he has

achieved.'' And that just expresses it; the



temptation is constantly to use superlatives--for

superlatives fit! Of course he has succeeded for



himself, and succeeded marvelously, in his rise

from the rocky hill farm, but he has done so vastly



more than that in inspiring such hosts of others

to succeed!



A dreamer of dreams and a seer of visions--

and what realizations have come! And it



interested me profoundly" target="_blank" title="ad.深深地">profoundly not long ago, when Dr.

Conwell, talking of the university, unexpectedly



remarked that he would like to see such institu-

tions scattered throughout every state in the



Union. ``All carried on at slight expense to the

students and at hours to suit all sorts of working



men and women,'' he added, after a pause; and

then, abruptly, ``I should like to see the possibility



of higher education offered to every one in

the United States who works for a living.''



There was something superb in the very imagining

of such a nation-wide system. But I did not



ask whether or not he had planned any details

for such an effort. I knew that thus far it might



only be one of his dreams--but I also knew that

his dreams had a way of becoming realities.



I had a fleetingglimpse of his soaring vision. It

was amazing to find a man of more than three-



score and ten thus dreaming of more worlds to

conquer. And I thought, what could the world



have accomplished if Methuselah had been a

Conwell!--or, far better, what wonders could be



accomplished if Conwell could but be a Methuselah!

He has all his life been a great traveler. He is



a man who sees vividly and who can describe

vividly. Yet often his letters, even from places of



the most profound interest, are mostlyconcerned

with affairs back home. It is not that he does



not feel, and feel intensely, the interest of what

he is visiting, but that his tremendous earnestness



keeps him always concerned about his work at

home. There could be no stronger example than






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