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Untitled Page 192 either beneath the family roof, or at school; such home environments How many children were there in your family? Trace ancestry as far back as possible. We would | Untitled Page 192 either beneath the family roof, or at school; such home environments as would tend to throw light upon the practical, economic and philanthropic work that has grown out of and shown around your life for so many years; all the eminiscences possible regarding this period, [crossed out] would be a boon to the historian. If you could for the moment look at all your surroundings from childhood up to the present day in an impersonal manner, we would be able to get that which in years to come would be of inestimable value. How many children were there in your family? We would be glad to know all about your father; if you would describe him in the fullest manner as you have him in your memory to day, it would please us; the same in regard to your mother: her disposition, her home life, influence upon your father, the length of their married life - that is to say, how long were they together in the body? How your mother appears to you from the elevated standpoint of your womanhood, as you look back? It is from this kind of data that we get the cream of such a character study as it is sought to make of Governor Stanford, Leland Stanford Jr., as a part of both the governor and of yourself - the three being one in thought, spirit, and the great results that flow into the lives of humanity. Trace ancestry as far back as possible. We would ask you, in all the delicacy possible, to give us a mother's a woman's view of that pure, and may I say noble character, Leland Stanford, Jr., whose being is so wrought into the lives of the masses of the West Coast and especially California - yes, the world, as to make even the least thought regarding him of value; and such thoughts as we get from you are beyond and above those we could get from any other source; for not even his father or his tutor could give us what you can, if you feel |