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young men of literary taste and ability have no 

 choice but to embark in an active profession, or 

 engage in mercantile employments. To institute 

 a number of fellowships the essential condition 

 of a post-graduate course will require, no doubt, 

 a much greater revenue than the university has 

 now at its disposal. But the end which is not 

 straightway attainable should still be kept stead 

 ily in view. A system of post-graduate instruc 

 tion is, we repeat, the great need both of the uni 

 versity and of the country. Literature, science, 

 and high scholarship have never prospered where 

 they have not been recognized as legitimate spe 

 cial pursuits. Individual zeal and genius may in 

 deed perform wonders, but they cannot supply the 

 place of systematic organization. Our mother 

 university has in recent days enriched mankind 

 by the labours of a Donaldson, a Munro, and a 

 Merivale ; and when we, by means of a well- 

 organized system of fellowships, are able to do 

 likewise, our country also may hope to rival its 

 mother in learning and scholarship, as it now 

 rivals her in material prosperity. 



October, 1866. 



