Despising others is to despise yourself

In the United States, an old couple, a woman wearing a set of faded striped cotton clothes, and her husband wearing a cheap cloth suit, did not make an appointment, go directly to Harvard's principal.

The principal’s secretary concluded in a moment that it was impossible for the two rural old hats to have business with Harvard.

Mr. said softly: "We want to see the principal." The secretary said politely: "He is very busy all day!"

The lady replied: "It doesn't matter, we can wait."

After a few hours, the secretary ignored them and hoped that they would retreat and walk away. They have been waiting there.

The secretary finally decided to inform the principal: "Maybe they will walk away with a few words."

The principal agreed with impatientity.

The principal is very dignified and unwilling to face the couple.

The lady told him: "We have a son who has been at Harvard for a year. He likes Harvard very much. His life at Harvard is very happy. But last year, he died in an accident. My husband and I want to be him on campus. Leave a memorial."

The headmaster was not touched. Instead, he felt very ridiculous and said in a thick voice: "Madam, we can't build a statue for everyone who has ever read Harvard and died. If we do, our campus looks like a cemetery. same."

The lady said, "No, we are not erecting a statue. We want to donate a building to Harvard."

The headmaster carefully looked at the striped cotton cloth and the coarse cloth cheap suit, and then spit out and said: "Do you know how much it costs to build a building? Our school buildings cost more than $7.5 million."

At this time, the lady was silent and did not speak. The principal is very happy and can finally send them away.

The lady turned to her husband and said: "As long as 7.5 million can build a building? Then why don't we build a university to commemorate our son?"

In this way, the Stanfords left Harvard. In California, Stanford University was established to commemorate their son. This is the origin of Stanford University.