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Room 755
Palace Hotel
San Francisco, Cal.

5 April 1892

My dear Sir

A conversation
which I, this morning had
with one of the trustees
of your University, has
led me to question the
advisability of my coming
to Palo Alto, prepared to
give a lecture on the
science of animal loco-
motion, without first having
received a formal invita-
tion from you to do so.

I was induced to
offer my services to you
for one or a course of