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[Sweely Schiesher]

Y and directness are attributes of real greatness. But Russell
Conwell has always won the admiration of the really great, as well as
of the humbler millions. It is only a supposedly cultured class in
between that is not thoroughly acquainted with what
he has done. Perhaps, too, this is owing to his having cast in his
lot with the city, of all cities, which, consciously or
unconsciously, looks most closely to family and place of residence as
criterions

of merit--a city

with which it is almost impossible
for a stranger to become affiliated--or aphiladelphiated, as it might
be expressed--and
Philadelphia, in spite of all that Dr. Conwell has done, has been
under the thrall of the fact that he went north of Market
Street--that fatal fact understood by all who know Philadelphia--and
that he made no effort to make friends in Rittenhouse
Square. Such considerations seem absurd in this twentieth century,
but in Philadelphia they are still potent. Tens of thousands
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