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     A man and his wife arrived in Boston by train.After getting off the train, they walked without an     1   
into the outer office of Harvard’s president.So they were stopped by his secretary and kept     2    
For hours, the secretary took no notice of them,  3 that the couple would finally become disappointed and     4   .But they didn’t.The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though 5
     A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a  6 face.The lady told him, “We
had a son that  7 Harvard for one year.He loved Harvard.He was8_ here.But about a year ago, he
was accidentally killed.My husband and I would like to  9 a memorial(纪念物)to him, somewhere
on campus.”
     The president wasn’t moved .Instead, he was     10   .“Madam,” he said, “we can’t put up a
statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died.If we did, this place would look like a    11  ,” “Oh, no,” the lady  12 quickly.“We don’t want to put up a statue.We would like to give a  13 to
Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and  14 at the couple and then exclaimed, ” A building! Do
you have any  15   how much a building costs? We have spent over $7,500,000 on the campus building
at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent.The president was  16 , because he could get rid of
them now.Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a  17 ? Why
don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded.  18 their offer was turned down.Mr.and Mrs.
Stanford traveled to California where they founded Stanford University      19   after them, a memorial to
a son that Harvard no longer  20 about.
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