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toward her successors. The fact that Mrs. Briggs was 

 a graduate of Radcliffe was especially pleasant to Mrs. 



Agassiz. 



TO MRS. L. B. R. BRIGGS 



December 9, [1903] 



My dear Mrs. Briggs : My stupid influenza which 

 clings to me like a brother still keeps me at home. 



I had hoped to meet you this afternoon, but my 

 cold and the weather are equally unfavorable. Per- 

 haps you will not be at Radcliffe yourself, but I care 

 to tell you how sorry I shall be to miss you, should 

 you look in, — and to tell you also how great a help 

 and pleasure it is to me to see you there. You seem 

 to me one of us, — the natural associate of our early 

 days. How happy we should have been then to know 

 that Radcliffe would so soon have the position she 

 holds now! 



I have wished to say all this to you so much that 

 I write instead of waiting to see you when my cold 

 leaves me free. As to the teas much as I like to see 

 you there you must always remember that one of 

 their good points is that no one is bound by them, — 

 the tea-table stands there ready for use by the stu- 

 dents and their friends, even if their elders are other- 

 wise occupied or engaged. 



With affectionate remembrance, 



Your old friend, 



Elizabeth C. Agassiz 



