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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 irre-
parable. 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,

Jacob Voorsanger

President David Starr Jordan,

Stanford University.