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My own darling,
I am every sorry to write before your letter arrives, but they do not reach me until Thursday morning and that seems rather late to catch the Wednesday mail. Everything is going very quietly here; the most exciting thing that has happened was the preacher yesterday, Mr. Fosdick. He really was splendid - such fire and force, such evident sincerity - and such splendid command of language! 'Exciting"" was the only word for it. His text was Gallio’s [Galileo’s] protest. ""If it be a question of words and names look ye to it, for I will be no judge of such matters;"" and it was a ""protest"" against all forms of hair-splitting, etc. which tended to make of religion a petty thing, when it was really so inexpressibly great. He is a young man and very simple and unaffected in manner. He is an elder brother of Raymond Fosdick who was, you remember, a good debater, etc. He came late Saturday evening and left before dinner on Sunday driving over to the Junction.

There is absolutely no news to write unless about Phila. riots. It was supposed Saturday that they were over put down by the soldiers. But they broke out as bad as ever yesterday, and now a general sympathetic strike has been ordered to begin next Saturday. At least 100,000 men will go out. I am disturbed about Nell. She says everyone at Primos laughed at the idea of there being any danger for her between the station and the Academy, and Sister Annie and Little A. go in and out freely: so I suppose I must let her go; but I hate it. She did not go today. It is evidently going to be a long struggle now. It is pouring rain and so dark that she could scarcely see to draw so she is not doing much. The cold has passed through; it is extremely warm and muggy.

How I hope your lovely weather lasted all the week dear, and that you enjoyed it, through and through, and have a cheerful, peaceful week among your English friends; for I sadly fear that Mr. Fine has spoiled your last week for you! I was inexpressibly vexed with him when I heard that he had written you. Who could have supposed that he would be so inconsiderate; so cruel; as not to wait until you came home to tell you that they wanted to keep West on as Dean after all. He said he wanted to give you time to think it over before your return! And you only had two weeks there, and now he has ruined one of them. Oh! - but words fail. You told me to ""mark your words"", that they never would make a clean cut issue and push it straight through to the bitter end. You seem to be a true prophet. They really seem to want both sides to be able to claim the victory. Of course there is something in what they say, that West being really defeated, his scheme swept away, it would only give him an advantage to be made a martyr of, and that if we keep him on as Dean and ""ignore him in practice"" the other side will have no issue on which to make a fight. They actually think, after last year's experience, that they can ignore him and organize things to suit themselves.

There is one point in the plan which does appeal to me, viz. that it sets you free again to leave if you wish, that is to accept the nomination for governor and go with politics. If they had turned West out you would, of course, be obliged to stay no matter how outrageous the Alumni were. If I were you I should accept their proposition coolly, rather indifferently, saying that of course if the trustees won't vote to turn him out, he can't be turned out and there is nothing more to be said about it; then keep my own counsel, stay in for the present and next year run for governor. This thing has strengthened you immensely throughout the whole country, it is said that there have been hundreds upon hundreds of editorials and all wholly on your side. Moreover through your enemies talk themselves blue in the face they cannot convince the country that you have not won, the West College having vanished in thin air and the trustees report being what it is. Your position is so commanding that we can really afford to laugh at the howling of the Alumni, ""mongrel puppy, whelp and hound, and curs of low degree""! But no more of this. Of course I would not have mentioned the subject but for Mr. Fine's letter; - after that it is useless for me to ignore it.

We are all well, - Stockton pretty well again. He was in yesterday. We have a nice little new maid, May Dulaney; she is Irish and much less slap-dash than Sigrid. And I pay her two dollars less. Everything is going quite smoothly. Madge comes home to stay on Thursday. Helen Bones could not make her visit after all, being out of health and ""under treatment"".

All send love inexpressible to our dear one. I am with you constantly, dearest, in thought and in feeling, I would give my life, ah! how freely to make life happier for you. I love you with all my heart and soul and strength and mind. I am always and altogether,

your own,
Eileen.",,,,,,Letter,,,,,,,,,,,"Wilson, Woodrow, 1856-1924",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,19100228,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"Ellen Axson Wilson",https://presidentwilson.org/files/original/1fb355dc86feada812ffcb4d52bc9cb7.pdf,Text,"Ellen Axson Wilson Letters",1,0