The Days of a Man 



as completed organisms in relation to their origin, 

 life-history, and surroundings. 



An ex- In the fall of this year I spent ten consecutive weeks 



t campai n on t ^ ie roa ^> thus making the most extended of all my 

 lecture tours. As secretary I took with me Harold 

 Vincent Aupperle of Grand Junction, Colorado, a 

 Stanford senior, captain of the track team, and one 

 of the staunchest and most devoted of all my dis- 

 ciples. 1 Starting at Seattle on October i, I gave 

 addresses in the larger towns eastward to Boston. 

 Returning by way of Denver, Salt Lake City, and 

 Boise, I reached home on December 10, having 

 spoken sixty-five times during the interval. 



At Bloomington, the largest audience ever knowi 

 in the town appeared in compliment to my worl 

 there twenty-five years before. A similar assembh 

 greeted me on my return to Appleton after an absence 

 of forty years. 2 In Springfield, Illinois, I visited the 

 old home of Lincoln, preserved as he left it in 1861, 

 interesting in its neat simplicity and containing 

 papers of various kinds carefully written by him in 

 clear, legible hand. Early November found me at 

 A noted Battle Creek, Michigan, as guest of Dr. J. H. Kel- 

 logg, who, realizing that I was overdoing, induced nit 

 to remain at his famous sanatorium for a week. To 

 him and his skillful assistant, Dr. C. C. Hubly, I owe 

 a debt of gratitude for putting me on my feet again 

 and giving wise advice for the future. 



In the Cooper Union, a noted New York center 

 for popular discussion, I spoke in opposition to a 

 prominent "Big Navy" man. The audience was 



1 For an account of young Aupperle's Red Cross service and death in Bel- 

 grade, see Chapter LIV, pages 746-747. 



2 See Vol. I, Chapter vi, page 124. 



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