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collected at random, some few will probably be found 

 who are destined to rise to distinction, but among a 

 group of those who are ranked as the foremost in a 

 University, more than one half of them will do so. 



For my own part, I had hoped to take respectable 

 mathematical honours, though perhaps it was never 

 in my power to do so, notwithstanding the assurances 

 of my eminent tutor, Mr. Hopkins. But the utter 

 breakdown of my health in my third year, as already 

 explained, made further study of a severe kind im- 

 possible. I therefore followed my bent in reading 

 what I could, and my time was by no means wasted. 

 I contented myself with a Poll Degree. Judge there- 

 fore of my surprise a few years ago, while passing a 

 winter on the Riviera, when a telegram reached me 

 saying I had been elected to the rare honour of an 

 Honorary Fellowship in Trinity College. I thought 

 at first it must be a mistake, but it was not. Nay 

 more, hearing that a copy of a portrait recently made 

 of me by the late Charles Furse (see page 244). 

 would be acceptable, I had one made and offered it 

 to the authorities of the College. It now hangs in 

 its Hall among those of men with whom I feel it the 

 highest possible honour to be associated in any way. 



I must recur briefly to the close of my medical 

 education. As already mentioned, I attended some 

 lectures during one term at Cambridge, but had not 

 even admittance to the then small Addenbrook 

 Hospital. I have little to tell about this period that 

 would interest others than myself. It was thought 

 well that I should complete my course in London 

 at St. George's, for the purpose of seeing new 



conditions of medical treatment. I attended these 

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