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amendment of the plans for the
Central Building fo the University-
as I feel assured will meet your
views And those of Every member
of your Committee.

Before proceeding however I
would try respectfully to say that
if this letter should in the least
degree be regarded by you, as in
any way irregular or at all
invading of the prerogatives of any
one, I should be pleased to recall
it and voluntarily resign all hopes
of being linked in an Enterprise
that has arrived within me the
most ardent and Exalted ambition.

From all the information
that I have obtained, it appears
that the difference of opinion
on the part of the Committee
in reference to the design more
{prominently?} before them arose not
so much on the respective merits