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 Title:  Letter from Chas. H. Cocke to M. Louise Cocke, Nov. 3, 1895 [a machine-readable transcription]  
 Published:  1995 
 Description: I am very much obliged for your kind letter. The University fire was a great shock to me. It haunted me night & day at first. I felt & feel as though a temple had been profaned. No loyal alumnus can fail to feel a personal loss. If the alumni's ability equaled their inclinations, I feel sure the work of restoration would be but a matter of time, and that the shortest necessary. The limitations of poverty in such crises are most sorely felt. What a pleasure it would be to be able to give a million straight down at once to restore and re-equip the buildings, in such order and style as the authorities might deem best! As it is, while my heart was full and my purse empty, I had to force back the words that rushed forward for expression of my sympathy & sorrow and content myself with sending Dr. Thornton a meagre declaration of my willingness to do anything in the power of an impecunious alumnus! I knew he would be deluged with telegrams & letters, so I was brief.
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