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<v Speaker 1>This is section fifty three of The Gilded Age. This

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<v Speaker 1>LibriVox recording is in the public domain. The Gilded Age,

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<v Speaker 1>A Tale of to Day by Mark Twain and C. D. Warner,

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter fifty three. The session was drawing toward its close.

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<v Speaker 1>Senator Dilworthy thought he would run out west and shake

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<v Speaker 1>hands with his constituents and let them look at him.

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<v Speaker 1>The legislature, whose duty it would be to re elect

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<v Speaker 1>him to the United States Senate, was already in session.

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<v Speaker 1>Mister Dilworthy considered his re election certain. But he was

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<v Speaker 1>a careful, painstaking man, and if by visiting his state

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<v Speaker 1>he could find the opportunity to persuade a few more

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<v Speaker 1>legislators to vote for him, he held the journey to

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<v Speaker 1>be well worth taking. The university bill was safe now

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<v Speaker 1>he could leave it without fear it needed his presence

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<v Speaker 1>and his watching no longer. But there was a person

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<v Speaker 1>in his state legislature who did need watching, a person

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<v Speaker 1>who Senator Dilworthy said was a narrow, grumbling, uncomfortable malcint

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<v Speaker 1>a person who was stolidly opposed to reform and progress.

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<v Speaker 1>And him, a person who he feared had been bought

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<v Speaker 1>with money to combat him, and through him the commonwealths

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<v Speaker 1>welfare and its politics purity. If this person, noble, said

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<v Speaker 1>mister Dilworthy, in a little speech at a dinner party

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<v Speaker 1>given him by some of his admirers, merely desire to

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<v Speaker 1>sacrifice me, I would willingly offer up my political life

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<v Speaker 1>on the altar of my dear state's weal. I would

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<v Speaker 1>be glad and grateful to do it. But when he

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<v Speaker 1>makes of me but a cloak to hide his deeper designs,

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<v Speaker 1>when he proposes to strike through me at the heart

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<v Speaker 1>of my beloved state, all the lion in me is roused.

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<v Speaker 1>And I say here I stand solitary and alone, but unflinching,

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<v Speaker 1>unquailing thrice, armed with my sacred trust. And whoso passes

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<v Speaker 1>to do evil to this fair domain that looks to

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<v Speaker 1>me for protection, must do so over my dead body.

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<v Speaker 1>He further said that if this noble were a pure

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<v Speaker 1>man and merely misguided, he could bear it, but that

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<v Speaker 1>he should succeed in his wicked designs through a base

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<v Speaker 1>use of money, would leave a blot upon his state,

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<v Speaker 1>which would work untold evil to the morals of the people,

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<v Speaker 1>and that he would not suffer the public morals must

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<v Speaker 1>not be contaminated. He would seek this man Noble. He

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<v Speaker 1>would argue, he would persuade, he would appeal to his honor.

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<v Speaker 1>When he arrived on the ground, he found his friends unterrified.

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<v Speaker 1>They were standing firmly by him and were full of courage.

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<v Speaker 1>Noble was working hard, too, but matters were against him.

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<v Speaker 1>He was not making much progress. Mister Dilworthy took an

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<v Speaker 1>early opportunity to send for mister Noble. He had a

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<v Speaker 1>midnight interview with him and urged him to forsake his

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<v Speaker 1>evil ways. He begged him to come again and again,

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<v Speaker 1>which he did. He finally sent the man away at

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<v Speaker 1>three o'clock one morning, and when he was gone, mister

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<v Speaker 1>Dilworthy said to himself, I feel a good deal relieve,

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<v Speaker 1>now a great deal relieved. The Senator now turned his

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<v Speaker 1>attention to matters touching the souls of his people. He

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<v Speaker 1>appeared in church, He took a leading part in prayer meetings.

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<v Speaker 1>He met and encouraged the temperance societies. He graced the

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<v Speaker 1>sewing circles of the ladies with his presence, and even

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<v Speaker 1>took a needle now and then and made a stitch

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<v Speaker 1>or two upon a calico shirt for some poor bibleless

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<v Speaker 1>pagan of the South Seas, and this act enchanted the ladies,

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<v Speaker 1>who regarded the garments thus honored as in a manner sanctified.

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<v Speaker 1>The senator wrought in Bible classes, and nothing could keep

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<v Speaker 1>him away from the Sunday schools, neither sickness, nor storms,

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<v Speaker 1>nor weariness. He even traveled a tedious thirty miles in

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<v Speaker 1>a poor, little rickety stage coach to comply with the

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<v Speaker 1>desire of the miserable hamlet of Cattleville that he would

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<v Speaker 1>let its Sunday school look upon him all the time

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<v Speaker 1>was assembled at the stage office. When he arrived, two

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<v Speaker 1>bonfires were burning, and a battery of anvils was popping.

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<v Speaker 1>Exultant broadsides for a United States Senator was a sort

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<v Speaker 1>of God in the understanding of these people, who never

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<v Speaker 1>had seen any creature mightier than a county judge. To them,

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<v Speaker 1>a United States Senator was a vast, vague colossus, an

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<v Speaker 1>awe inspiring unreality. Next day, everybody was at the village church,

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<v Speaker 1>a full half hour before time for Sunday school to open.

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<v Speaker 1>Ranchmen and farmers had come with their families from five

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<v Speaker 1>miles round, all eager to get a glimpse of the

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<v Speaker 1>great man, the man who had been to Washington, the

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<v Speaker 1>man who had seen the President of the United States

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<v Speaker 1>and had even talked with him, the man who had

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<v Speaker 1>seen the actual Washington Monument, perhaps touched it with his hands.

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<v Speaker 1>When the Senator arrived, the church was crowded. The windows

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<v Speaker 1>were full, the aisles were packed, so was the vestibule,

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<v Speaker 1>and so indeed was the yard in front of the building.

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<v Speaker 1>As he worked his way through to the pulpit on

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<v Speaker 1>the arm of the minister, and followed by the envied

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<v Speaker 1>officials of the village, every neck was stretched and every

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<v Speaker 1>eye twisted around, intervening obstructions to get a glimpse. Elderly

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<v Speaker 1>people directed each other's attention and said, there, that's him

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<v Speaker 1>with a grand noble forehead. Boys nudged each other and said, hi, Johnny,

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<v Speaker 1>here he is. There, that's him with a peeled head.

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<v Speaker 1>The Senator took his seat in the pulpit, with a

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<v Speaker 1>minister on one side of him and the superintendent of the

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday School on the other. The town dignitary sat in

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<v Speaker 1>an impressive row within the altar railings below. The Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>school children occupied ten of the front benches, dressed in

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<v Speaker 1>their best and most uncomfortable clothes, and with hair combed

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<v Speaker 1>and faces too clean to feel natural. So awed were

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<v Speaker 1>they by the presence of a living United States Senator

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<v Speaker 1>that during three minutes not a spitball was thrown. After

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<v Speaker 1>that they began to come to themselves by degrees, and

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<v Speaker 1>presently the spell was wholly gone, and they were reciting

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<v Speaker 1>verses and pulling hair. The usual Sunday school exercises were

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<v Speaker 1>hurried through, and then the minister got up and boarded

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<v Speaker 1>the house with a speech built on the customary Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>school plan. Then the superintendent put in his oar. Then

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<v Speaker 1>the town dignitaries had their say. They all made complimentary

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<v Speaker 1>reference to their friend the Senator, and told what a

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<v Speaker 1>great and illustrious man he was, and what he had

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<v Speaker 1>done for his country and for religion and temperance, and

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<v Speaker 1>exhorted the little boys to be good and diligent and

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<v Speaker 1>try to become like him some day. The speakers won

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<v Speaker 1>the deathless hatred of the house by these delays. But

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<v Speaker 1>at last there was an end, and hope revived, inspiration

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<v Speaker 1>was about to find utterance. Senator Dilworthy rose and beamed

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<v Speaker 1>upon the assemblage for a full minute in silence. Then

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<v Speaker 1>he smiled with an access of sweetness upon the children,

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<v Speaker 1>and began, My little friends. For I hope that all

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<v Speaker 1>these bright faced little people are my friends, and will

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<v Speaker 1>let me be their friend, My little friends. I have

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<v Speaker 1>traveled much. I have been in many cities and many states,

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<v Speaker 1>everywhere in our great and noble country, And by the

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<v Speaker 1>blessing of Providence, I have been permitted to see many

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<v Speaker 1>gatherings like this. But I am proud. I am truly

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<v Speaker 1>proud to say that I never have looked upon so

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<v Speaker 1>much intelligence, so much grace, such sweetness of disposition, as

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<v Speaker 1>I see in the charming young countenances I see before me.

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<v Speaker 1>At this moment, I have been asking myself as I

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<v Speaker 1>sat here, Where am I Am I in some far

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<v Speaker 1>off monarchy looking upon little princes and princesses. No am

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<v Speaker 1>I in some populous center of my own country, where

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<v Speaker 1>the choicest children of the land have been selected and

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<v Speaker 1>brought together as at affair for a prize. No am

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<v Speaker 1>I in some strange foreign clime where the children are

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<v Speaker 1>marvels that we know not of. No? Then, where am I? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>where am I I am in a simple remote, unpretending

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<v Speaker 1>settlement of my own dear state. And these are the

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<v Speaker 1>children of the noble and virtuous men who have made

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<v Speaker 1>me what I am. My soul is lost in wonder

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<v Speaker 1>at the thought, and I humbly thank him to whom

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<v Speaker 1>we are but as worms of the dust, that he

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<v Speaker 1>has been pleased to call me to serve such men.

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<v Speaker 1>Earth has no higher, no grander position for me. Let

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<v Speaker 1>kings and emperors keep their tinsel crowns. I want them not.

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<v Speaker 1>My heart is here again, I thought, Is this a theater? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Is it a concert or a gilded opera? No? Is

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<v Speaker 1>it some other vain, brilliant, beautiful temple of soul staining

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<v Speaker 1>amusement and hilarity. No, then what is it? What did

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<v Speaker 1>my consciousness reply? I ask you, my little friends. What

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<v Speaker 1>did my consciousness reply? It replied, it is the temple

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<v Speaker 1>of the Lord Ah. Think of that. Now I could

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<v Speaker 1>hardly keep the tears back. I was so grateful. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>how beautiful it is to see these ranks of sunny

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<v Speaker 1>little faces assembled here to learn the way of life,

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<v Speaker 1>to learn to be good, to learn to be useful,

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<v Speaker 1>to learn to be pious, to learn to be great

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<v Speaker 1>and glorious. Men and women, to learn to be props

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<v Speaker 1>and pillars of the state, and shining lights in the

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<v Speaker 1>councils and the households of the nation, to be bearers

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<v Speaker 1>of the banner and soldiers of the cross in the

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<v Speaker 1>rude campaigns of life, and raptured souls in the happy

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<v Speaker 1>fields of paradise. Hereafter, children, honor your parents, and be

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<v Speaker 1>grateful to them for providing for you the precious privileges

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<v Speaker 1>of a Sunday school. Now, my dear little friends, sit

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<v Speaker 1>up straight and pretty. There, that's it, and give me

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<v Speaker 1>your attention. And let me tell you about a poor

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<v Speaker 1>little Sunday school scholar. I once knew he lived in

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<v Speaker 1>the far West, and his parents were poor. They could

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<v Speaker 1>not give him a costly education. But they were good

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<v Speaker 1>and wise, and they sent him to the Sunday school.

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<v Speaker 1>He loved the Sunday school. I hope you love your

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<v Speaker 1>Sunday school. Ah, I see by your faces that you do.

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<v Speaker 1>That is right. Well. This poor little boy was always

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<v Speaker 1>in his place when the bell rang, and he always

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<v Speaker 1>knew his lesson, for his teachers wanted him to learn,

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<v Speaker 1>and he loved his teachers. Dearly. Always love your teachers,

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<v Speaker 1>my children, for they love you more than you can know. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>he would not let bad boys persuade him to go

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<v Speaker 1>to play on Sunday. There was one little bad boy

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<v Speaker 1>who was always trying to persuade him, but he never could.

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<v Speaker 1>So this poor little boy grew up to be a

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<v Speaker 1>man and had to go out in the world, far

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<v Speaker 1>from home and friends to earn his living. Temptations lay

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<v Speaker 1>all about him, and sometimes he was about to yield,

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<v Speaker 1>but he would think of some precious lesson he learned

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<v Speaker 1>in his Sunday school a long time ago, and that

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<v Speaker 1>would save him. By and by he was elected to

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<v Speaker 1>the legislature. Then he did everything he could for Sunday schools.

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<v Speaker 1>He got laws passed for them, he got Sunday schools

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<v Speaker 1>established wherever he could, and by and by the people

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<v Speaker 1>made him governor, and he said it was all owing

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<v Speaker 1>to the Sunday school. After a while, the people elected

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<v Speaker 1>him a representative to the Congress of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>and he grew very famous. Now temptations assailed him on

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<v Speaker 1>every hand. People tried to get him to drink wine,

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<v Speaker 1>to dance, to go to theaters. They even tried to

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<v Speaker 1>buy his vote. But no, the memory of his Sunday

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<v Speaker 1>school saved him from all harm. He remembered the fate

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<v Speaker 1>of the bad little boy who used to try to

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<v Speaker 1>get him to play on Sunday, and who grew up

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<v Speaker 1>and became a drunkard and was hanged. He remembered that

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<v Speaker 1>and was glad he never yielded and played on Sunday. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>at last, what do you think happened? Why the people

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<v Speaker 1>And what do you think it was? What should you say?

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<v Speaker 1>It was? Children? It was Senator of the United States,

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<v Speaker 1>That poor little boy that loved his Sunday school became

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<v Speaker 1>that man. That man stands before you, all that he is.

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<v Speaker 1>He owes to the Sunday school. My precious children, love

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<v Speaker 1>your parents, love your teachers, love your Sunday school. Be pious,

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<v Speaker 1>be obedient, be honest, be diligent, and then you will

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<v Speaker 1>succeed in life and be honored of all men. Above

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<v Speaker 1>all things, my children, be honest, above all things, be

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<v Speaker 1>pure minded as the snow. Let us join in prayer.

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<v Speaker 1>When Senator Dilworthy departed from Cattleville, he left three dozen

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<v Speaker 1>boys behind him, arranging a campaign of life whose objective

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<v Speaker 1>point was the United States Senate. When he arrived at

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<v Speaker 1>the state capitol at midnight, mister Noble came and held

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<v Speaker 1>a three hours conference with him, and then as he

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<v Speaker 1>was about leaving, said, I've worked hard, and I've got

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<v Speaker 1>them at last. Six of them haven't got quite backbone

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<v Speaker 1>enough to slew around and come right out for you

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<v Speaker 1>on the first ballot tomorrow. But they are going to

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<v Speaker 1>vote against you on the first for the sake of appearances,

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<v Speaker 1>and then come out for you all in a body

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<v Speaker 1>in the second. I've fixed all that. By supper time

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<v Speaker 1>tomorrow you'll be re elected, and you can go to

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<v Speaker 1>bed and sleep easy on that. After mister Noble was gone,

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<v Speaker 1>the Senator said, well, to bring about a complexion of

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<v Speaker 1>things like this was worth coming west for. End of

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<v Speaker 1>chapter fifty three.