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comfort your stricken heart; but
I write to assure you of our sympathy
in this the great sorrow of your
life. And to bring to your mind
a message that I know will
finally bring peace where now
is only been suffering.

"When I give it, it is still mine;
when I take it away again I take
not anything that is thine; for
evry best gift and perfect gift
is mine". How very full
your life has been of all
that was grand, enobling and
beautiful, and your face
bears the impress of all these
aspirations. I have always been a
hero, worshiper; and Mr Stanford was
a hero to me. Surely it was his
heroic endeavor that made
California what it is to-day.