Education: Gene to Billy

Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale received the following letter one bright morning last week:

Dear Professor Billy:—

There comes to every man during his life a few occasions when words, the medium of expression, are altogether inadequate to convey the deep feelings of his heart. I am now experiencing one of these occasions. Nothing has ever surprised me more or touched me deeper than the receipt of the lovely set of Shakespeare sent me by the boys of your Shakespeare Class. . . . Therefore, Billy, I wish you would read this to the boys or post it on a bulletin...

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