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the achievements of these, solely in respect to 

 high university success, partly because several 

 of the cousins are too young to have had time 

 fully to distinguish themselves otherwise. Let 

 us limit ourselves to the following names (the 

 list would be lengthened if we took a lower 

 level) : Cambridge : (1) Alderson, both first 

 classic and senior wrangler, that is, first ma- 

 thematician of his year at Cambridge ; (2) 

 Woodhouse, senior wrangler; (3) Main, senior 

 wrangler ; (4) Humphrey, senior classic ; (5) 

 Scott, joint senior classic. Oxford : here the 

 method of examination affords no means of 

 ascertaining who is absolutely the first of his 

 year, since the men are grouped alphabetically 

 in classes, and not according to their order of 

 merit in those classes. The names I will select 

 are those of men who were in the first class and 

 have subsequently distinguished themselves, viz. : 

 (6) Moberly, head master of Winchester, now 

 Bishop of Salisbury; (7) Francis Palgrave, critic ; 

 (8) Hon. George Brodrick, first class both in 

 classics and history, well known as an influential 

 though anonymous writer. It is a remarkable 



