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Shortly before his death Adelbert Shaw wrote to his former tutor in which he expressed his impressions of Harvard. The following extracts from the letter will show his spirit:
"It has been very much for my good that I came to Harvard. I think there is more of real life to be found here than can possibly be in a smaller college. I have met a great many noble fellows. The whole tenor of the college seems to be that of mutual help. I could not have chosen relations more pleasant than I have here, and I am situated far more pleasantly than I had dared to hope I could be. Harvard has been grossly misrepresented and slandered in every way.
A man is respected for just what he is, and no money curries favor here. Indeed, the boys who have moderate means make up the college standard. You remember that you spoke of Phillips Brooks, D. D., when I left you last summer. He said for a young man of character it was just the place, but if a boy were weak, he would then advise him to go elsewhere."
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