A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president of Harvard’s outer office .The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods country folk had not business at Harvard, and probably didn’t even deserve to be in Cambridge .She frowned. We want to see the president, the man said softly. He’ll be busy all day, the secretary snapped. We’ll wait, the lady replied.
For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn’t. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president. Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they’ll leave, she told him. He signed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn’t have the time to spend with nobodies, but he detested gingham and homespun suits cluttering his office.
The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple .The lady told him, We had a son that attended Harvard for one year .He loved Harvard, and was very happy here. But he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him somewhere on campus. The president wasn’t touched, and she was shocked, Madam, he said gruffly, we can’t put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died, this place would look like a cemetery.
“Oh, no“ the lady explained quickly, “we don’t want to erect a statue .We thought we would give a building to Harvard. The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, and then exclaimed, A building! Do you have and earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard.
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased .He could get rid of them now. The lady turned to her husband and said quietly. Is that all it costs to start a university? Her husband nodded .The president’s face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the university that bears their name -------a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
You can easily judge the character of others by how they treat those who can do nothing for them or to them.
(编辑:何佩琦)
沪教牛津版小学英语一年级上册 unit9 教案
沪教版小学英语一年级下册教案unit1课时1
牛津版小学一年级英语上册Unit1 Hello教案
苏教版小学一年级英语下册Unit5 On the road教案
一年级英语Module1 unit6 Mid-Autumn Festival教案
新起点小学一年级英语教案Unit7 Fruit
上海牛津版一年级英语下册教案Unit9 Revision(3)
新课标小学英语第一册期末考试百词范围
上海牛津版一年级英语下册Unit9 Revision第一课时教案
上海牛津版一年级英语Unit 9 Revision单元分析教案
上海牛津版一年级英语Unit3 This is my mum教案
沪教牛津版一年级英语上册教案Unit1 My classroom第二课时
上海牛津版一年级英语下册Unit3 Colours教案(1)
沪教版小学英语一年级下册教案unit1单元分析
沪教牛津版小学英语一年级上册 Unit3 period2教案
一年级英语下册Unit2 Small animals教案2
一年级英语教案Module1 unit6 Mid-Autumn Festival
上海牛津版一年级英语下册Unit2 Small animals教案
一年级英语上册教案 Unit1My classroom 第三课时
一年级英语上册Unit1 My classroom第三课时教案
上海牛津版一年级英语Unit7 My family教案
上海牛津版一年级英语Unit2 Small animals第四课时教案
沪教版小学英语一年级下册教案unit1课时3
一年级英语上册Unit8 Playtime 第三课时教案
沪教牛津版小学英语一年级上册 Unit 3 第二课时教案
上海牛津版一年级英语下册Unit2 Small animals第五课时教案
一年级英语上册教案Unit1 My classroom第一课时
新起点小学一年级英语下册Unit11 Toys教案
沪教版小学英语一年级下册教案unit1课时2
牛津版一年级英语上册Unit 2 Good morning 教案
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |