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quite unnerved. I was always very proud and quite 
self-possessed when I went up to the platform on your 
arm. But apart from that I am anxious to tell you 
that I have appreciated and understood your policy 
towards Radcliffe from the beginning. During the 
first ten or fifteen years when the Governing Boards 
had not recognized us and when the more aggressive 
reformers were urging us to force the gates of Harvard 
and demand recognition, I knew that this delay was 
prompted by a loyalty to the old University which 
was the first duty of Harvard and her officers, — that 
they could not recognize us until they were satisfied 
that such recognition would involve no change of 
policy in the old University, nor any difficulty in her 
government. 
When you did recognize us it was in a large and a 
generous spirit, and I confess that our present attitude 
fulfils my brightest hopes. How could our little craft 
be moored more safely than she now is against the 
great body of instruction which represents the learn- 
ing and the teaching of which the state and country 
at large are so proud? Forgive me for taking even a 
few moments of your time just now and believe me, 
Truly and gratefully yours, 
Exizasets C. Acassiz 
TO MRS. LOUIS AGASSIZ 
Cambridge, July 2, 1903 
Dear Mrs. Agassiz: I thank you for your very 
friendly note of June 30. My impression is that Rad- 
