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Stanford maintain an
apparent undiminished
interest in this subject,
will you kindly permit
me to inquire whether it
is within the province
of the Leland Stanford
Junior University to [?]
or aid in any marked [?]
original research; and whether
you would approve--or
better--be willing to promote
and assist such an investigation
as I prepare.

It was an agreeable surprise
to me while recently
travelling in Europe to
find that the University
of Pennsylvania was
chiefly know there through
its association with investigations
of animal locomotion.

I have made no mention
of this matter in any
way to Mr Stanford, prefering
to first communicate
with you, and to afford
you an opportunity of
proposing it to him should
you feel so inclined.

I believe the work can
be more successfully carried
on in California than
anywhere else, and it