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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] 



MYDEAE 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 



