斯坦福大学~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Leland Stanford, who grew up and studied law in New York, moved West after the gold rush and, like many of his wealthy contemporaries, made his fortune in the railroads He was a leader of the Republican Party, governor of California and later a US senator He and Jane had one son, who died of typhoid fever in 1884 when the family was traveling in Italy Leland Jr was just 15 Legend has it that the grieving couple said to one another after their son's death, "the children of California shall be our children," and they quickly set about to find a lasting way to memorialize their beloved son

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他们儿子15岁死了,为了纪念他办了这学校