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Cowperwood
,
"
exclaimed
the
doctor
,
glowing
,
his
eyes
alight
,
"
do
I
understand
that
you
personally
might
wish
to
give
the
money
for
this
lens
?
"
"
I
might
,
yes
.
But
I
should
have
to
exact
one
pledge
,
Mr.
Hooper
,
if
I
did
any
such
thing
.
"
"
And
what
would
that
be
?
"
"
The
privilege
of
giving
the
land
and
the
building
--
the
whole
telescope
,
in
fact
.
I
presume
no
word
of
this
will
be
given
out
unless
the
matter
is
favorably
acted
upon
?
"
he
added
,
cautiously
and
diplomatically
.
The
new
president
of
the
university
arose
and
eyed
him
with
a
peculiarly
approbative
and
grateful
gaze
.
He
was
a
busy
,
overworked
man
.
His
task
was
large
.
Any
burden
taken
from
his
shoulders
in
this
fashion
was
a
great
relief
.
"
My
answer
to
that
,
Mr.
Cowperwood
,
if
I
had
the
authority
,
would
be
to
agree
now
in
the
name
of
the
University
,
and
thank
you
.
For
form
's
sake
,
I
must
submit
the
matter
to
the
trustees
of
the
University
,
but
I
have
no
doubt
as
to
the
outcome
.
I
anticipate
nothing
but
grateful
approbation
.
Let
me
thank
you
again
.
"
They
shook
hands
warmly
,
and
the
solid
collegian
bustled
forth
.
Cowperwood
sank
quietly
in
his
chair
.
He
pressed
his
fingers
together
,
and
for
a
moment
or
two
permitted
himself
to
dream
.
Then
he
called
a
stenographer
and
began
a
bit
of
dictation
.
He
did
not
care
to
think
even
to
himself
how
universally
advantageous
all
this
might
yet
prove
to
be
.
The
result
was
that
in
the
course
of
a
few
weeks
the
proffer
was
formally
accepted
by
the
trustees
of
the
University
,
and
a
report
of
the
matter
,
with
Cowperwood
's
formal
consent
,
was
given
out
for
publication
.
The
fortuitous
combination
of
circumstances
already
described
gave
the
matter
a
unique
news
value
.
Giant
reflectors
and
refractors
had
been
given
and
were
in
use
in
other
parts
of
the
world
,
but
none
so
large
or
so
important
as
this
.
The
gift
was
sufficient
to
set
Cowperwood
forth
in
the
light
of
a
public
benefactor
and
patron
of
science
.
Not
only
in
Chicago
,
but
in
London
,
Paris
,
and
New
York
,
wherever
,
indeed
,
in
the
great
capitals
scientific
and
intellectual
men
were
gathered
,
this
significant
gift
of
an
apparently
fabulously
rich
American
became
the
subject
of
excited
discussion
.
Banking
men
,
among
others
,
took
sharp
note
of
the
donor
,
and
when
Cowperwood
's
emissaries
came
around
later
with
a
suggestion
that
the
fifty-year
franchises
about
to
be
voted
him
for
elevated
roads
should
be
made
a
basis
of
bond
and
mortgage
loans
,
they
were
courteously
received
.
A
man
who
could
give
three-hundred-thousand-dollar
telescopes
in
the
hour
of
his
greatest
difficulties
must
be
in
a
rather
satisfactory
financial
condition
.
He
must
have
great
wealth
in
reserve
After
some
preliminaries
,
during
which
Cowperwood
paid
a
flying
visit
to
Threadneedle
Street
in
London
,
and
to
Wall
Street
in
New
York
,
an
arrangement
was
made
with
an
English
--
American
banking
company
by
which
the
majority
of
the
bonds
for
his
proposed
roads
were
taken
over
by
them
for
sale
in
Europe
and
elsewhere
,
and
he
was
given
ample
means
wherewith
to
proceed
.
Instantly
the
stocks
of
his
surface
lines
bounded
in
price
,
and
those
who
had
been
scheming
to
bring
about
Cowperwood
's
downfall
gnashed
impotent
teeth
.
Even
Haeckelheimer
&
Co.
were
interested
.
Anson
Merrill
,
who
had
only
a
few
weeks
before
given
a
large
field
for
athletic
purposes
to
the
University
,
pulled
a
wry
face
over
this
sudden
eclipse
of
his
glory
.
Hosmer
Hand
,
who
had
given
a
chemical
laboratory
,
and
Schryhart
,
who
had
presented
a
dormitory
,
were
depressed
to
think
that
a
benefaction
less
costly
than
theirs
should
create
,
because
of
the
distinction
of
the
idea
,
so
much
more
notable
comment
.
It
was
merely
another
example
of
the
brilliant
fortune
which
seemed
to
pursue
the
man
,
the
star
that
set
all
their
plans
at
defiance
.
