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in 1857, Green and one tutor were the only two Englishmen there. 
Being a youth of extremely strong social instincts, and also of 
considerable humour, Green rapidly became very popular; but 
when the lecturer went to college he found that Green had fallen 
from his popularity because of a very simple thing. A party of 
young men at the college—there were always some who thought 
themselves better than others—had taken command of one of the 
tables in hall, and kept it to themselves. This Green resented, 
_ and wrote one of the most biting lampoons on the subject. For 
that he had been sent ‘“‘ to Coventry.’”’ After speaking briefly of 
Green’s continuous struggle against an incurable disease, the 
lecturer went on to describe the Oxford of fifty years ago—a very 
different thing to what it is to-day—and to speak of its influences 
upon the future historian. These were actually very slight, because 
in Green they had a man who passed through Oxford with very 
little of the Oxford spirit; but the fact that he went through 
a college in which nearly all were Welshmen was of great advantage 
to him later, when he came to write his book. He (the lecturer) 
was of opinion that the Welsh part was the prettiest part of the 
book. The lecturer then proceeded to read some of the lengthy 
epistles of Green to himself, showing the writer’s wonderful 
versatility, his immediate grasp of all things, his delightful humour, 
and, even then, his masterly “style.’”’ Some portraits of the 
historian were also shown by means of the lantern. 
The Society is indebted to the Editor of The Hampstead and 
Highgate Express for assistance in reporting the above meetings. 
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