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Edward W. Bok:The Americanization of Edward Bok, Additional Excerpt 62

Edward W. Bok《The Americanization of Edward Bok》· The Americanization of Edward Bok · Leadership

He arrived in Boston on Sunday evening; and the first thing he did was to despatch a note, by messenger, to Doctor Oliver Wendell Holmes, announcing the important fact that he was there, and what his errand was, and asking whether he might come up and see Doctor Holmes any time the next day. Edward naively told him that he could come as early as Doctor Holmes liked--by breakfast-time, he was assured, as Edward was all alone! Doctor Holmes's amusement at this ingenuous note may be imagined.

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