, 1893-02-11

sion to his views, but his manner was 30 ulB
nifed, his diction 30 pure, his love OF truth
4and virtue so obvious, his wit 80 sparkling
hat he won the hearty applause Of his audi
snce and certainly made a most favorable I'M
nression. No doubt, also his Conserv vat ism
was bound to stand him in good stead in Ok
ford. The Cardinals he wittily remarked at
the outset of his lecture, OH the election of q
new Pope, chose occasionally the oldest mem
Der of the college in the hope of an early va
oancv The expectation was sometimes dis
annointed and the most distinguished ponti-
6cate, had been those of mon who at their
elevation were supposed to have one foot in
the Grave. He had no suoh ambitious hope Of
!, long tenure Of his own humble office. II
.eEad wby he undertook tho office, he might
sav that he was tempted and fell
Ia had como back to Oxford, but no more to
the Oxford that he knew. He left an Oxford
which was a center of vigorous intellectual
life with a circle of remarkable mon carrying
on . GREAT movement and making their mark
on the outer world. Doubtless there were
others now. but his old friends were in their
graves. Their work lived after them, but
II forms which they did not expect. The
food which Keble watched from BagIty
Wood. washing round the town and churches
of(Ixford. but failing to reach them, had rls-
an a+ last over the enchanted city; the revo-
linton which was dreaded had come upon 1t.
II st1l stood. it was full of animation and
energy. ButKeble and n ewman were gone,
and the system which produced such men was
rome with them. New schools had sprung up
and new modes of teaching; Greek and Latin
has lost their old monopoly. Modern Ian
quages we're studied, and modern history "nd
modern philosophy aud science. Athletics,
- =. / oUtbipn bod pOuh acaOno
. aorous pursuit. The celibate seclusion Of
coIIa9e life had gone and ladies-the horror of
cboI9,t;os-ha invad, d the sacred precincts.
ia agreed in standpoint with Bishop Butler
1.on onthoritv in his youth with regard to
tbaa;m Of human life. The probable interpreta-
t;on Of their position was that they were IN a
s+ota of nlobation. and that their life in this
I'D was a school for the training of charac-
+ar with a view to some Interior purpose. This
nurnose was not explained TO them, but they
had q rule Of conduct in their conscience winch
experience in the long run uniformly sanc-
toned. Those who We're frugal, pure, honest.
and industrious were internally happy ana
outwardly prosperous. Those WAC followed
pleasure. power, wealth, and luxury were
brought to account one way or another ana
made to know that they had missed the
road.
Then ensued a vigorous denunolatlon OF mo-
dern leaS Of progress and OF lloerty~Uas
il so certain that in things most essential
thew were so much wiser than those VINO
went before I? He did not believe that the
condition of the peeps in medieval Europe
was 80 miserable as was pretended. lie ana
NOT believe that the distribution of the ne
cessaries of life was as unequal as It was at
nrasent The sum of it al was that
human society was ia a healthy condton
when the wise ruled the ignorant-ruled VITA
mal handed authority over high and low .Ilc4
and poor. With reference to the methods OF
study and education peculiar to Oxford, he
showed himself a laudator .tsmpor's acts.
Wbep he was a student he learned his Greek
bixtory direct from I.hucydides, his Roman
from Iyy and Tactics, his philosophy from
Aristotle, large portions of whose writings
vera then committed to memory. de
THOUGHT the same method should be applied
10 modern history, But where could any"uch
tayt book be found? He believed that the
ho.t nossible text book would be, not this or
tbat modern historian, but The statute book Of the
reolm. In it were expressed the highest ideals
nf tle greatest men Of action England had
produced, and the language employed is usual
" Of a high literary order. de could say
that in such contributions as he had made to
history Of the sixteenth century the statute
hook had been the backbone of his work