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mation period he came to have almost a mono- 

 poly. Thus his professional work assisted and 

 reflected the unifying character of his mind. His 

 examining chaplainship to Bishop Mackarness 

 (continued under Bishop Stubbs), which was matter 

 of great delight and deep interest to him (the 

 dedication of his last book expresses his regret 

 and love for his chief), his honorary Canonry 

 at Christ Church, his preacherships at St. Mary's 

 and at Whitehall, the offer at the same moment of 

 examinerships in "Literae Humaniores" (this he 

 had accepted) and in Theology, and, though last, 

 not least characteristic, the Curatorship of the 

 Botanical Gardens, are the evidence of his powers 

 and of their repute, evidence which received a last 

 pathetic contribution from the gathering of many 

 sorts of men in Keble Chapel and at Holywell at 

 his funeral. A request addressed to him within 

 the last few weeks before his death through Bishop 

 Potter of New York, to go over to America and 

 give a course of lectures on " The Religious Bearings 

 of Modern Science," is a sign how far his repute 

 was spreading. He declined the offer with extreme 

 regret. It carries no disparagement, for it implies 

 no comparison, of others to say, as was said by 

 the Oxford correspondent of the Guardian, that he 

 "has lately occupied a unique position up here." 

 No one was more respected among undergraduates. 

 Not long ago, when some of them wished to form 



