"Jenny, can you repeat what Uncle Ben said under the tree on the showery day when the birds sang, nearly seventy years ago?"
"Let us repeat it together, brother. You have made that lesson your life."
"'More than wealth, more than fame, or any other thing, is the power of the human heart, and it is developed by seeking the good of others. Live for the things that live.'"
"Jenny, my own true sister, I have something else to show you—something that I value more than a present from a throne. I have here some 'pamphlets,' into which Uncle Ben put his soul before he sought to impress the same thoughts upon me. I want you to have them now, to read them, and give them to his family."
He went to his secretary and took from it the pamphlets.
"Here are the thoughts of a man who told me when I was a poor boy in Boston town that I had a chance in the world.
"He told me not to be laughed down.
"He told me that diligence was power.
"He told me that I would be helped in helping others.
"He told me that justice was the need of mankind.