>
> 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 Harvard University President's outer
> office.
>
> The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks
> had no business at Harvard & probably didn't even deserve to be in
> Cambridge .."We'd like 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, even though it was a chore she always regretted.
>
> "Maybe if you see them for a few minutes, they'll leave," she said to
> him!
>
> He sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance
> obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, and he detested
> gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office.
>
> The president, stern faced and with dignity, strutted toward the couple.
>
> The lady told him, "We had a son who attended Harvard for one year. He
> loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was
> accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to erect a memorial to
> him, somewhere on campus."
>
> The president wasn't touched. He was shocked.
>
> "Madam," he said, gruffly, "we can't put up a statue for every person
> who attended Harvard and died. If we did, 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 like to give a building to Harvard."
>
> The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and
> homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea
> how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars
> in the physical buildings here at Harvard."
>
> For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. Maybe he
> could get rid of them now.
>
> The lady turned to her husband and said, "Is that all it cost s to start
> a university? Why don't we just start our own?"
>
> Her husband nodded. The president's face wilted in confusion and
> bewilderment.
>
> Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford got up and walked away, traveling to Palo
> Alto, CA where they established the university that bears their name,
> Stanford University, 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
> they think can do nothing for them.
>
> A TRUE STORY by Malcolm Forbes
>
> "People will forget what you said; People will forget what you did, but
> people will never forget how you made them feel."
>
> --
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Monday, October 14, 2013
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Lucifer Care Enrollment Kit.....
I received my "Obamacare enrollment packet”
I wanted to let you know that earlier today I received my "Obamacare enrollment packet” from the White House.It contained:· An aspirin and a band-aid.· An 'Obama Hope & Change' bumper sticker· A 'Bush's Fault' yard sign· A 'Blame Republicans first, then anybody and everybody' poster· A 'Tax the Rich' banner· An application for unemployment and a free cell phone· An application for food stamps· A prayer rug· A letter assigning my debt to my grandchildren· And lastly, a coupon for a machine that blows smoke up my ass.Everything was made in "China" and all directions were in Spanish.Keep an eye out. Yours should be arriving soon.
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