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As Vice-Chancellor of the University of London, 

 and Paget's successor, I acted as pall-bearer at his 

 funeral in Westminster Abbey on January 4th, 1900. 



During the first three years of my service as 

 Vice-Chancellor I had the great advantage of having 

 the advice and co-operation of Lord Herschell as 

 Chancellor, and of forming a friendship with so able 

 a man. He was a great leader, and his early 

 death, which occurred in America during a visit 

 on State affairs, amounted, as Lord Rosebery 

 has said, to a grave national misfortune. In the 

 difficult days of University business, Herschell's tact 

 and persuasive power kept the ship off the rocks and 

 brought her safe into port. He was not only the 

 Chancellor of the University, but the most distinguished 

 of her alumni, and, as Fellow and Senator, he had 

 devoted much of his valuable time to her service. On 

 March 2ist, 1899, a memorial service was held in 

 Westminster Abbey, and I represented the University 

 as a pall-bearer. It was a touching ceremony. 



Lord Kimberley, who followed Herschell, was of a 

 different stamp, though he likewise was a man not only 

 to be respected but to be loved. He was for no less than 

 forty-three years a Senator and took a great interest 

 in University affairs. A lively raconteur, Kimberley 

 loved to fight his battles o'er again, and he was always 

 interesting and instructive. I was much attached to 

 him. Lord Rosebery is now our equally distinguished 

 Chancellor. 



The work during my Vice-Chancellorship was 

 somewhat difficult, as the University, under the Act 

 of 1898, was in course of reconstitution as a teaching 

 and not merely an examining body. The question of 

 this reorganisation was one which for many years 

 previous to that date had created much public interest, 



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