The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-01-15
ENGLAND'S GRATEST BIMETAL-
LIST
RoBT. P. PORTER DESCRIBES AN
IMPORTANT INTERVIEW WITH
PROFESSOR H. S. FOXWELL.
Sleepy Old Cambridge and Its Many
Wise nj ,n--Britain is Changing Front,

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Professor b. S. Foxwell, fellow of st.
Johns, professor of political economy,
University College, London, and the
most advanced scientific student of bi
metallism in England, was day never
to be forgotten. The memories Of 1t
and of the old university town will, 1
hope. never be effaced It was a glimpse
into a phase of life which so many cul-
tivated Americans often long for but
cannot obtain in the noise and hustle
of our newer, more energetic and per
haps, in some respects, more hopeful
civilization. The perfect calm o. the
cloisters, the indescribable beauty OF
the autumn foliage, the intense green
of the college sward, the rich brown of
some of the Tudor buildings, the archi-
tectural beauty of many of the courts,
and now and again the sweet tones Of
the chapel bells which
MAKE each several hours give forth
A sweet sound ere it fly"
And through it all runs the ancient,
peaceful Cam, overhung by a low gray
mist, high above which, as it flows into
the Ouse rises the the magnificent
tower of Ely Cathedral, made world
famous by the painter Turner.
The atmosphere was soft and just a
trife misty, the sun gently struggling
through the gray overhanging clouds
as / stepped off the express train from
London and was nee more in veneer
able, historic Cambridge. Cambridge,
so at least a half dozen of its most
learned Fellows fastened to assureme,
still brides itself as much as its learn
ing as its modesty. Unlike Oxford
Cambridge graduates are chary of dis
playing the knowledge obtained in this
place of much learning. Not learning,
mind you, in the sense of the Ameri-
can villifer, who described his own
college in the same words, because
''every fello- brought some learning
to it and took none away" Real, solid
learning, which makes men wise, but
not snowy. 1t might be possible for
Oxford men to point to Cambridge
men who were none too modest, but l
will save them the trouble. There was,
for instance, Bentley, that famous
student of Queens, who is credited
with having said: when l am dead
Vase will be the most learned man in
England" Yet another Cambridge
man asserted that there were many
bad lines in the Aeneid which he would
never have allowed to appear in a
poem of his own, Exceptions, how
ever, only prove the rule, and, as a
rule, Cambridge men carry their learn
ing lightly and with becoming mod
esty. And we'll they may after hav-
ing lived within the shadow of so much
learning, wisdom and greatness. Even
if a young man does not learn much, a
few years gentle knocking about, with
these Cambridge lambs takes the
bounce out ofhim. The skit on the
young Oxford man in the play of 1.-THE
New Woman" which I believe you
have had on the other side, would not
apply to a young man from Cambridge.
He could never be led into such a
trap.
Inclined to brag a bit about taking
the first prize for a poem, the imper-
turbable aunt asks:
Show many competitors had youR"
''There were eleven" was the proud
response.
"Can it be possible that Oxford pro-
duced eleven worse poems than yoursG"
was the prompt rebuke for his conceit.
PALACE OF GREAT THINGS.
The philosophy of life can surely be
learned in this venerable old town, in
habited by things called doctors, mas
ters of art-a town flowing with syllog-
ism and ale." Here, certainly, as DR..
Doran once told the learned men of the
British Association for the Advance
ment of Science, the ablest master will
find the name and memory of a greater
man than he, the profoundest philoso.
pher will meet with the efigy of him
who laid the foundation of his philoso-
ply, wanting which his own super
structure would not have been raised.
To use the words of this delightful
writer: Healer, if in conceit of thy
power, sunbonnet here to the great
physicians who were before thee. Min
strel, however skilled in sweeping the
Tyre, the glorious shades of the most
tuneful Of all poets will encounter you
here, in whose presence it behooves
you to be humble minded. The meas