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[books?] of this character will
not stand even ordinary
usage.

I think it will be
admitted by every one,
cognizant of the facts,
that it was the recognition
by the Scientific World
of the value of my method
of investigation, and of its
possibilities, that first inspired
Senator Stanford
with the idea of assisting
in the promotion of human
knowledge, not only by
original research, but also,
by the education of students,
to aid in the opening up of
new fields for the employment
of the abilities of those
so educated; and I think
it may be fairly claimed
that the photographic
investigation, and record
of changes incidental to
motion, originated by me,
and carried on at Palo
Alto under Mr. Stanfords
auspices was the germ
from which sprung the
ideas which culminated
in the founding of your
university.

Under any circumstances
my researches were the
first educational measures
in which the Senator
and Mrs. Stanford, and their
son took a leading part
in promoting, and the results