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NEVER UNDERESTIMATE ANYONE!!
(The Story Of Stratford University)
A woman in a cheap cotton dress and her husband dressed in a modest suit got off the train in Boston and walked timidly (without an appointment), to the office of the President of Harvard University.
The secretary guessed at one point that those farmworkers from the woods, had nothing to do at Harvard.
- We would like to see the president, the man said softly.
- He's busy, replied the secretary.
- We'll wait, the woman replied. For hours the secretary ignored them waiting for the couple to finally get discouraged and leave, but they didn't and the secretary saw her frustration increase and finally decided to interrupt the president, even though it was a task she always avoided.
- Maybe if you talk to them for a few minutes they will leave, the secretary said to the President of the University. He made a face of displeasure but accepted, someone of his importance obviously didn't have time to deal with people in cheap dresses and suits. However, the president with a rough frown, but with dignity, headed in an arrogant step towards the couple.
The woman said to him:
- We had a son who attended Harvard for only one year, he loved Harvard and was happy here, but a year ago he died in an accident. My husband and I wish to pick something up somewhere on campus that is in memory of our son.
The president didn't care and said:
- Madam, we can't put a statue for every person who attends Harvard and dies, if we did, this place would look like a cemetery.
- Oh no, the woman explained quickly:
We don't wish to erect a statue, we thought we'd like to donate a building to Harvard.
The president rolled his eyes, took a look at the couple's cheap dress and suit and then exclaimed:
- A building! , does anyone have any idea how much a building costs? , we've spent over $7.5 million on buildings here at Harvard!. For a moment the woman was silent and the president was happy because maybe they could be rid of them now.
The woman turned to her husband and said softly:
- Does it cost so little to start a University? , why don't we start our own?. Then her husband agreed and the president's face darkened in confusion and bewilderment. The mr. Leland Stanford and his wife stopped and left, traveling to Palo Alto California, where they established the University bearing his name, Stanford University, in memory of a son Harvard was not interested in.
Leland Stanford Junior University was opened in 1891, in Palo Alto.. “Junior” because it was in honor of the late son of the rich landowner. That was their "memorial" and today Stanford University is number one in the world, just above Harvard.
How easy it is to JUDGE by appearances and how easy it is to be mistaken by.. Judge them by their Appearances!!