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to see Mrs. Stanford standing by your side [a?] giving emphasis to the lofty words spoken on that occassion. They reminded me of [Paul's] words: "I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ." The Sir Isaac Newtons of the world have been God-fearing men, and I trust that the future catalogues of your University may contain may contain many such names.
Please remember me to Mrs. Stanford [I?] shall think of her henceforth, not as the wife [of?] our Governor, nor of our Senator; but as the sympathising Christian woman, impressing herself upon an institution that is to mould the intellects and the characters of generation after generation.
Your Sincere Friend
Lewis C. Gunn