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A TRUE STORY
> >
> > A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband,
> > dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off
> > the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an
> > appointment into the Harvard University President's
> > outer
> > office.
> >
> > The secretary could tell in a moment that such
> > backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard
> > & amp; probably didn't even deserve to be in
> > Cambridge.
> >
> > "We'd like to see the president," the man said
> > softly.
> >
> > "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped.
> >
> > "We'll wait," the lady replied.
> >
> > For hours the secretary ignored them, hoping that
> > the couple would finally become discouraged and go
> > away.
> >
> > They didn't, and the secretary grew frustrated and
> > finally decided to disturb the president, even
> > though it was a chore she always regretted.
> >
> > "Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll
> > leave," she said to him!
> >
> > He sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his
> > importance obviously didn't have the time to spend
> > with them, and he detested gingham dresses and
> > homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.
> >
> > The president, stern faced and with dignity,
> > strutted toward the couple.
> >
> > The lady told him, "We had a son who attended
> > Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy
> > here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally
> > killed. My husband and I would like to erect a
> > memorial to
> > him, somewhere on campus."
> >
> > The president wasn't touched. He was shocked.
> >
> > "Madam," he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a statue
> > for every person who attended Harvard and died. If
> > we did, this place would look like a cemetery."
> >
> > "Oh, no," the lady explained quickly. "We don't want
> > to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give
> > a building to Harvard."
> >
> > The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the
> > gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A
> > building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a
> > building costs? We have over seven and a half
> > million dollars
> > in the physical buildings here at Harvard."
> >
> > For a moment the lady was silent. The president was
> > pleased. Maybe he could get rid of them now.
> >
> > The lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is
> > that all it cost to start a university? Why don't we
> > just start our own? "
> >
> > Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in
> > confusion and bewilderment.
> >
> > Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away,
> > traveling to Palo Alto, California where they
> > established the university that bears their name,
> > Stanford University, a memorial to a son that
> > Harvard no longer cared about.
> >
> > You can easily judge the character of others by how
> > they treat those who they think can do nothing for
> > them.
> >
> > ---- A TRUE STORY by Malcolm Forbes
> >
> > "People will forget what you said. People will
> > forget what you did."
> > "But people will never forget how you made them
> > feel".
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