"It is said that Rome was not built in one day, nor Stanford in a century; but it is being built, quietly, honestly, steadfastly, stone after stone."

-David Starr Jordan, Stanford's first president.

[Cited in this article about Stanford alum and Yale Law professor, Stephen Carter's commencement address at Stanford from 1994. Kufi tip to Dr. Sherman Jackson for introducing me to Professor Carter's works.]