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of this state to have it connected with the Cornell University as the array of names in its [illegible] are such as have claims on [illegible] respect of the people of this country. and I know there is a progressive spirit ^here^ struggling for existence, against the conserva tive and now is the imporant time to sow the seed in the infancy of the college which shall bless us all even to the remotest corner of the world. If you will take the trouble to look over the ^book numbers^ Standard you will find that small shares are taken and the friends of progress in Rochester might assist that way and yet