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College Musings.
nonchalance air , the price of a book , and then remarking , as if for my edification , that it was French . I certainly felt very much inclined to make use of Sir William TliornhiU ' s expression in the Vicar of Wakefield , and cry " Fudge ! " By patrimony I am a citizen of London" no mean city "—but , by sentiment 1 am a citizen of the world , ancl in this character travel from region to region , seeing , hearing and reflecting wherever I abide and on whatever presents itself to my notice . I must
therefore not forget , among the events of this day ' s ramble , to mention my meeting the Duo Magistri of our scholastic academy , a foundation which does honour to its ancient founder , Archbishop GrindaSl , who was a native of Cumberland , and '' only the , son of a farmer , " as tradition says , in the parish of St . Bees , but from his great industry , learning and piety , became Primate of all England and Metropolitan . In recollection of his birth-place and other benevolent associationshe built and endowed
, the Grammar School of St . Bees , which has several scholarships in Queen ' s College , Oxford , open to natives of the four northern counties , and for economy , retirement and classical advantages , is a most recommendable place for education . It was formerly the custom for the Northern bishops to ordain men from this school to fill the Fell curacies ancl small benefices ; but that practice has been relinquished since the establishment of the " Clerical Institution" bDr . Lawthe present
y , Bishop of Bath ancl Wells , when he was the Diocesan of Chester . Though humble in comparison , it is a college where candidates for the ministry of the established church are infinitely better prepared for their ultimate holy vocation than at either of the universities , and , beyond all calculation , at a vastly inferior expense . For its peculiar purposes it is a most highly useful institution , ancl was a similar one established in
every diocese where every candidate for holy orders , although he hacl taken a degree as graduate of either of the universities , should be obliged to undergo a certain term of noviciate and probation for his after profession , the benefits of a rational , soundly pious , technically educated body of divines would be conferred upon the establishment . Every unprejudiced , unbigotted man , by principle ancl conviction attached to its mode of worship and to all its admirable bulwarks , who walks with his eyes and ears open through " the length ancl breadth of the Ian d
must be satisfied of the truth and justness of my theory . If 1 am biassed in some of these reflections , my reader may place it to the account of the delicate ancl kind-hearted attention I received from my preceptor , who was then head master of the school , the impression of which will never be erased from my memory while life remains . Alas ! the good creature is now dead . Peace to his ashes ! It is said disappointment of col ' egiate preferment broke down his spirits and hastened
his dissolution . His politeness to me corroborates a general observation , that we frequently experience more real kindness from perfect strangers than from your blood-relations and family connexions . On reaching my dame ' s—to use an Eton idiom—I found Miss Bthere , the sisler of the gentleman I have been talking of , and availed myself of a long-coveted opportunity of a tcte-a-tcte with her by offering to chaperone her home . Her disposition from that brief intercourse
underwent a favourable alteration in opinion ; thus evincing how jiersonal acquaintance often serves to dissipate previously imbibed prejudice and antipathy . After all this clay ' s adventures , I retired to my chamber at a late hour ; ancl , as my constant custom is , both morning and evening , well knowing the fraiity of our nature and the frequency of temp-I'Ofj . III . T -r
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
College Musings.
nonchalance air , the price of a book , and then remarking , as if for my edification , that it was French . I certainly felt very much inclined to make use of Sir William TliornhiU ' s expression in the Vicar of Wakefield , and cry " Fudge ! " By patrimony I am a citizen of London" no mean city "—but , by sentiment 1 am a citizen of the world , ancl in this character travel from region to region , seeing , hearing and reflecting wherever I abide and on whatever presents itself to my notice . I must
therefore not forget , among the events of this day ' s ramble , to mention my meeting the Duo Magistri of our scholastic academy , a foundation which does honour to its ancient founder , Archbishop GrindaSl , who was a native of Cumberland , and '' only the , son of a farmer , " as tradition says , in the parish of St . Bees , but from his great industry , learning and piety , became Primate of all England and Metropolitan . In recollection of his birth-place and other benevolent associationshe built and endowed
, the Grammar School of St . Bees , which has several scholarships in Queen ' s College , Oxford , open to natives of the four northern counties , and for economy , retirement and classical advantages , is a most recommendable place for education . It was formerly the custom for the Northern bishops to ordain men from this school to fill the Fell curacies ancl small benefices ; but that practice has been relinquished since the establishment of the " Clerical Institution" bDr . Lawthe present
y , Bishop of Bath ancl Wells , when he was the Diocesan of Chester . Though humble in comparison , it is a college where candidates for the ministry of the established church are infinitely better prepared for their ultimate holy vocation than at either of the universities , and , beyond all calculation , at a vastly inferior expense . For its peculiar purposes it is a most highly useful institution , ancl was a similar one established in
every diocese where every candidate for holy orders , although he hacl taken a degree as graduate of either of the universities , should be obliged to undergo a certain term of noviciate and probation for his after profession , the benefits of a rational , soundly pious , technically educated body of divines would be conferred upon the establishment . Every unprejudiced , unbigotted man , by principle ancl conviction attached to its mode of worship and to all its admirable bulwarks , who walks with his eyes and ears open through " the length ancl breadth of the Ian d
must be satisfied of the truth and justness of my theory . If 1 am biassed in some of these reflections , my reader may place it to the account of the delicate ancl kind-hearted attention I received from my preceptor , who was then head master of the school , the impression of which will never be erased from my memory while life remains . Alas ! the good creature is now dead . Peace to his ashes ! It is said disappointment of col ' egiate preferment broke down his spirits and hastened
his dissolution . His politeness to me corroborates a general observation , that we frequently experience more real kindness from perfect strangers than from your blood-relations and family connexions . On reaching my dame ' s—to use an Eton idiom—I found Miss Bthere , the sisler of the gentleman I have been talking of , and availed myself of a long-coveted opportunity of a tcte-a-tcte with her by offering to chaperone her home . Her disposition from that brief intercourse
underwent a favourable alteration in opinion ; thus evincing how jiersonal acquaintance often serves to dissipate previously imbibed prejudice and antipathy . After all this clay ' s adventures , I retired to my chamber at a late hour ; ancl , as my constant custom is , both morning and evening , well knowing the fraiity of our nature and the frequency of temp-I'Ofj . III . T -r