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would seem like a want of that frank sympathy in all 

 matters concerning your interests here which has 

 always existed between us. If I have nothing definite 

 to say upon this point I can at least share with you my 

 own belief that with the approval of the public, the 

 support of friends of education in Boston, and with 

 the confidence expressed by the Faculty of Harvard 

 in the Annex and in the right she has won to what 

 is best in education, we can hardly fail of a steady 

 advance. But let me say in closing that whatever 

 strength we may derive from without, the students 

 more than any one else hold the fate of the Annex in 

 their hands, and I believe they feel and accept the 

 responsibility. Whatever be its attitude in the future, 

 — whatever its relation to the University, — what- 

 ever name it may bear, — I hope it will always be 

 respected for the genuineness of its work, for the quiet 

 dignity of its bearing, for its adherence to the noblest 

 ends of scholarship. 



So I commend our young institution to the keeping 

 of our students with a strong belief that they will be 

 faithful to the trust. 



