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and I did not know until it was over that he was not strong
enough to stand up to lecture had to spend his afternoons
in bed. If he had been a selfish man he would not have over-
tasked himself. If he had cared for himself alone, he would
have kept clear of criticism.

I am sure that this is not a matter for hasty decision.
I feel that all sides must be considered. I feel sure that
if his critics would come forth to make their complaints to me
in manly fashion, I could convince any of them that have no
real ground for complaint. In this matter, I am in a better
position to decide than any one else can be. I watch closely
day by day every man who teaches here. I think that I know them
all thoroughly. As you know, I have not retained for a day
a man who seemed to me to be doing mischief. The honor of
the University is dearer than life. It is my life. And this
honor forces upon me the need of justice.

No deeper charge can be made against a University than
that it denies its professors freedom of speech. Of all men
in the country their opinions on public questions are most im-
portant.

This matter involves the whole future career of a wise,
learned and noble man, one of the most loyal and devoted of all
the band we have brought together. I must therefore ask to
take my own time for a final decision, to be allowed to let the
work go on as it has done for the present. if Dr. Ross fails