The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13

WYCLIFFE, the earliest EnRusn reiormoE
and the precursor Of HUss and JEROME OF
Prague. Tho fifteenth century was at both
universities period OF obsc,uity; the dark
hour that precedes the dawn. 1t Is note
worthy, however. that OxfoM possessed
hcr first printing press as early as the year
,47s while Cambridge had to witt for q
similar instrument of knowledge until 1j14.
We should add that when the first rays of
thc renaissance fell on England. Oxford
still retained her superiority over Cam-
bridge. which has no names to compete
with those OF GRocyS. CoLET. and Sir
THOMAS MORE.
When the Reformation had set In. the
glory of oxford seemed to pass away, ana
such ncadcmicai activityus remained was
mainly visible in Cambridge. Us Is shown by
the names OF AsCnAM, CHEKE, THOMAS
SMITH, and CECIL. Lord BuHLE1GH. who IS
remembered exclusively rs n statesman.
but who for Il time was u lecturer IN Greek.
In Cambridge, too. rather than In Oxford,
the Reformation found its roots ana props.
The EliHabcthan Bishops generally we're
Cambridge men. and so we're the three prel-
atos. CRANMEH. LATIMER. and RIDLEY.
whose deaths for tho Protestant faith
under MARY are COMMUNICATED Mt OK
ford. TYNpAt.E, TO whose labors the English
Bible is so greatly indebted. found refuge
for a while in Cambridge when he Ind been
driven from tho sister seat OF learning.
Every Archbishop OF Canterbury between
WAv,iAM and lAuD, excepting POLE. was
Cambridge man. From Cambridge. also.
issued most of the champions of Puritan
'v,,,r,rr, ih. advocate of
'''>' .'' .''..,,.. ,.;,,,., ,,,J rp,vrps md
'.'o. ,,,',,,, ,,.,o .,roL hotyecn the two.
,7.ainst ,,os,, ro,,es ~ rrrd cnn only set in
,a,,.,,,,. t,,os, NJ Eoorrn tho
e,,rr,s, ~ Nh pnr;,nr.. ~ JEWELL and Now
.,,,,' ,,,,;,,,,,d :, ,ho reforming
,,,1 JIooKrr. whose
.''.,. t., .t,u , ,,,itish classic
.,..,.l,, .h.. tI,orod +ba R,stora-
,i r.,'hr;.,., r,,oi,nd bor intellectual
,,'.,,, .r,,n .,h,o, ny nbilosonhv
.,,,;,I, |..,,. ,n ,lo,, ,r,s adorned by tho
,'an,os -, wu,rucnrx Crnvorru. JOHN
,',''n,, ,.'., I1rypy M,rr or inco,nrcra-
49,. .n,a,,,. ,rn,,h, In ~, scale f. tho triad
or' S S., N,r~nv md NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
,,a.'M nrr,rI H. ,rtirrl,. ;ncompe,cnt to
,,.,h ,,,r.,,r. or 1tt-yoS- Il Is pointed
''''.', VI r., ,,,ernvr mat unt,l the close
Ia,
W., nn.,,,. ~, ,,,rorinil, cont ribution to the
,,.,,o,.,,,,,,, rnrIish noc.e n shortcominp
,in ,nnr,, snrnrisiny lecnuso during the
,,'r,,t .,o,,th centurv she has produced many
,,.,,,i,c no.ts md some who have title to
',rnn,,oss Anony these NAV be mention
nI surIrry MATTHEW ARNOLD. SWIM
ur.ryr, ard WILLIAM NORRIS. The great
oyonion names o, the last century in Eng
lisb literature were those OF DR.. JOHNSON,
C1npnr ADAM SMITH. Bishop BERKELEY.
ard Rshop BUTLER.
Wc hayo seen that Oxford had compare
+Irc,v little To do with the English Reformn-
t:on. She has exercised, nevertheless, at
other enochs a powerful influence on the
movement OF religious thought in England.
This will be clear when we recall that
Wyr11rrr. LAID. WESLEY. and NEWMAN
were nil Oxoniops. or WYcLIrFE, the pic-
n.o. I, nrotest against tho ahuscs of
Cottolicism. wa have already spokcu, As
records IA1-D. Mr.. GLADSTONE does not