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Letters of Condolence on death of Jane Stanford, 1905
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San Francisco, Cal., March 3, 1905.
My dear Dr. Jordan:
Wholly in a personal sense I beg to express my sense of grief and consternation at the unexpected and untimely demise of Mrs. Stanford. You know better than anyone what the University has lost, but also that her work will go on uninterruptedly. Hence that is not our greatest loss. The serious character of our bereavement is the loss of a true woman, a dear friend, and the severance of ties of affection that cannot be contracted again in the same manner and under the same conditions. It is this that makes such losses irreparable. Will you kindly present these my sentiments to Mr. Lathrop, and I respectfully ask that I may be notified of the time of the dear lady's obsequies, that I may attend both as a member of the Faculty and as a representative of my own people, who loved and venerated Mrs. Stanford.
Very sincerely yours,
President David Starr Jordan,
Stanford University.
