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of the Church of England, full of devoutness and reverence, full also 

 of the earnest and broad-minded desire for truth, and of a deep sym- 

 Iiathy "vvilh the problems and the needs of modern English life. At 

 the age of fourteen he went to Rugby, where Dr. Arnold had been 

 made master only the year before. From his great teacher he received 

 the stimulus and direction of mind and character which, combined with 

 and modified by his natural disposition, very largely controlled his 

 future life. His historical enthusiasm found great encouragement at 

 Rugby, and his conception of the true position of the Church of Eng- 

 land owed much both to the teaching and example which were power- 

 ful there, and the pupil's life of his teacher — which must always 

 rank very high among English biographies — is at once a monument 

 to Dr. Arnold and a key to much of the writer's character and life. 



In 1834: Stanley went to Oxford, whei-e his career was very bril- 

 liant. He gained the Ireland Scholarship, won the Newdigate prize 

 for his English poem, "The Gipsies," took a first class in classics, 

 and gained the Latin Essay prize in 18o9 and the English Essay and 

 Theological prizes in 1840, when he was elected a Fellow of Uni- 

 versity College. For twelve years he was tutor of his College. He 

 was select preacher in 1845-46, was secretary of the Oxford Uni- 

 versity Commission from 1850 to 1852, and Regius Professor of Eccle- 

 siastical History and Canon of Christchurch. Indeed from the time 

 when he first became a student his association with the University 

 filled a large part of his life. 



In 1850 he became Canon of Canterbury, and in 1852 made his 

 first journey to the East, which resulted in his book on Sinai and 

 Palestine, which has given remarkable vividness and clearness to the 

 geography and associations of the Holy Land. He visited the East 

 again in 1862 in the company of the Prince of "Wales, and on this 

 journey he employed the unusual advantages of his position for the 

 investigation and illumination of some points of geography and 

 antiquity which had long been obscure. 



In 1863 he was made Dean of Westminster, and held until his 

 death that interesting and influential place with which his name will 

 always be associated. He became a Foreign Honorary Member of 

 this Academy in 1876. 



These are the chief landmarks of Dean Stanley's quiet life. The 

 works which he produced appear to have, as we look back upon them, 

 a singular unity of character and purpose. The basis of them all is 

 history, but nowhere is the manifoldness of history so manifest, its 

 value as the ground in which all present life has its roots, and from 



