But his problem was far from that. He had asked himself two questions:
"What was the great need of the people who live far back in the
mountains?" "What--since the world had been so generous to him, and
lifted from his shoulders the trials of living--could he do for his
people?" He was trying to answer them. Subconsciously, a great and a
genuine appreciation of all that had been done for him was pushing him
onward.
Unaided, he had solved the first. It was education. How keenly, within
the few months that had passed, had he realized his own need!
But at that time he did not appreciate how rapidly he was building for
himself a bridge over that shortcoming.
The second problem he found more difficult. He recognized he could do a
greater good and his efforts would be more lasting and far-reaching if
he proved to be an aid to the younger generation. In his effort to reach
a practical plan he went as far as he could, with his limited knowledge
of organization, before he sought counsel.
Then he asked that no other gifts be made to him, but instead the money
be contributed to a fund to build simple, primary schools throughout the
mountain districts where there were no state or county tax
appropriations available for the purpose. Of the fund, not a dollar was
to be for his personal use, nor for any effort he might put forth in its
behalf.
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