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&quot;They shall have their hundred dollars, for they have 

 done better than any other women ever did. 



But I ought to say here that this little episode would 

 be grossly misunderstood were it supposed to indicate any 

 tendency in his heart or mind toward a cynical view of 

 womankind. Nothing could be more manly and noble 

 than his reference to her who had stood at his side 

 courageously, hopefully, and cheerily during his years 

 of struggle and want of appreciation. Well might he 

 speak of her, as he did once in my hearing, as &quot;the best 

 woman that ever lived. &quot; And his gentle courtliness and 

 thoughtful kindness were also deeply appreciated in other 

 households. His earnestness, too, in behalf of the higher 

 education of women, and of their fair treatment in various 

 professions and occupations, showed something far deeper 

 than conventional politeness. 



From the time when I began to know him best, his main 

 thought was concentrated upon the university. His own 

 business interests were freely sacrificed; his time, wealth, 

 and effort were all yielded to his work in taking up its 

 lands, to say nothing of supplementary work which be 

 came in many ways a heavy burden to him. 



During the summer preceding the opening of the uni 

 versity, this labor and care began to wear upon him, and 

 he was attacked by an old malady which gave him great 

 pain ; yet his stoicism asserted itself. Through night after 

 night, as I lay in the room next his at his farm-house, I 

 could hear him groan, and to my natural sympathy was 

 added a fear lest he might not live through this most criti 

 cal period in the history of the new institution ; but, invari 

 ably, when I met him next morning and asked how he 

 felt, his answer was, &quot;All right, &quot; or &quot;Very well.&quot; I 

 cannot remember ever hearing him make any complaint 

 of his sufferings or even any reference to them. 



Nor did pain diminish his steady serenity or generosity. 

 I remember that on one hot afternoon of that summer, 

 when he had come into the house thoroughly weary, a 

 young man called upon him to ask for aid in securing 



