However, wouldn't the letters have originally been in English, the Rockefellers' native language

during their lives? Why is there not an original English version from which the Chinese version was
published? How did the authors come about these letters, which have been labeled as "never before
published"? Is there a historical archive where I can read these letters without relying on the book's
translation?

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Rockefeller's correspondence with his docile son John D. Jr. is surprisingly eloquent. Between the
lines, these letters reveal the strong personalities and the sometimes strained relationships of these
two very different Rockefellers.

And yet, in all its Victorian restraint, Rockefeller's correspondence with his docile son JohnD. Jr. is
surprisingly eloquent. Between the lines, these letters reveal the strong personalities and the
sometimes strained relationships of these two very different Rockefellers.

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The discovery of a brief correspondence between John D. Rockefeller, Sr., and Dr. Martin B.
Anderson in the archives of the University of Rochester Library sheds interesting light on the
careers and personalities of both of these men. Of the three letters known to exist, two are in the
possession of the library. Inquiry revealed a third letter in the Rockefeller files.

Dr. Anderson initiated the exchange in 1884. At that time, Rockefeller was rapidly approaching the
peak of his career. The gigantic Standard Oil Trust had been formed only a few years before. Three
months prior to the exchange of letters, Rockefeller had brought his war with his strongest
remaining competitor, the Tidewater Company, to a successful conclusion. He was planning
continued expansion into new domestic and foreign fields. Though only forty-five years old, he was
worth some $20,000,000. A reticent man, not prone to discuss himself nor his business, he was
hated by many and misunderstood by most. Attacked violently as a ruthless crusher of competitors,
an unprincipled preyer upon the meager fortunes of poor widows, a manipulator of courts, elections,
and legislatures, he chose to remain silent until many years later when he permitted the introduction
of evidence which gave the lie to many of the accusations hurled against him and his firm. Today he
is still an enigma to most Americans because of the wealth of widely divergent opinion concerning
his character and career. The best course is to assume that he was neither as bad nor as good as he
has been portrayed by extremists on both sides. Existing evidence reveals him to have been a man of
exceptional shrewdness, motivated by a desire, common to most humans in varying degree, for the
power and security of wealth. From his own standpoint, he had merely done what was considered
good business and had done it better than others.

While the effect of the correspondence may not have been perceptible, we have in these letters a
brief glimpse of two striking personalities, one a maker of history, the other an avid student of
history, momentarily brought in contact through a common interest in the fundamental economic
forces at work during a crucial period of our nation's development. The customary phrase - "With
High Esteem" - which Rockefeller used at the end of his letter, expresses the feeling that each man
had for the other, and also describes today the attitude of the University toward one of its great
benefactors and its first president.

IN WRITING this story I have the advantage of a knowledge of the very details of the founding of the
University. The very earliest steps can be traced. For the most part the facts are found in a series of
letters written by those immediately interested in the enterprise. These letters, several hundred in
number, were carefully collected from widely separated files, copied, and the copies placed in my
hands. In my larger history there are very liberal quotations from these letters. In this story there is
room for one or two only.

It must be borne in mind that Dr. Harper had never had in mind anything less than a real university,
with college and graduate departments. He had impressed this upon me in his letters and took
occasion to do this again in our interview together Friday evening. I, on the other hand, had been for
more than two years asking Mr. Rockefeller's help in founding a college.

Before leaving New York I wrote out two or three propositions varying in amounts and proportions,
and sent them to him. On reaching home I received a line from him inviting me to take lunch with
him. It had reached my hotel after I had left for Chicago and had been forwarded to me. Meantime it
had been borne in upon me that I had overreached the mark and asked a larger contribution than
Mr. Rockefeller was ready, at that time, to consider. I therefore wrote him suggesting that he give
$1,000,000 instead of a million and a half. Wearing months of waiting followed, Dr. Harper's letters
continued, telling of interviews more or less encouraging, but without any definite result. Early in
December a meeting of the executive board of the Education Society was held in the city of
Washington. Dr. Gates submitted an elaborate report, setting forth his conclusions so convincingly
that the board approved the effort to establish a well-equipped institution in Chicago, and instructed
the secretary to use every means in his power to originate and encourage such a movement. One
month later we turned over the negotiation to Dr. Gates. He is the best historian of what followed
and I give the story in his words.

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