Show GOOD goodr BUT NOT TRUE A i story caneer the early cafe afe of bishop brooks A story is widely quoted that phillips brooks when about to graduate p went to the president r r resident of harvard arvard II college for advice a vice regarding the choice of a profession fes sion and that the pre president aident said lt it is well weil in fuh buch fu h a case to lay aside impossible professions profess iona now on account ot of the impediment in your speech you could never preach this is so good a story astory that tha it is a pity to spoil it but the christian union says that after the election of sir mr 1 broolis as he was asked about its truth 1 I did consult with the president he answered and he encouraged me to choose the ministry he did not tell me I 1 could not preach because of my stammering because I 1 never did stammer you knowl know then he spoke with some amusement of the tha permanence of such groundless reports and said that he had bad that very week received a letter from an eng english 1 i h boy who was a stammerer and who begged to linow know for his own sal sale e how dr drooks brooks had been cured 11 1 I shall have to tell him that I 1 cant help him at all he concluded with a touch of |