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A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston．They walked without an appointment(预约)into the outer 1 of Harvard’s president．But they were 2 by his secretary and kept waiting．For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, 3 that the couple would finally become 4 and go away．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 was 8 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 10 ．Instead, he was shocked．“ Madam, ” he said, “we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died．If we did, this 11 would look like a cemetery(基地)．” “ 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 the University that bears their 19 , a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer 20 about．
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