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You remember ^Efop's fable of the mice 
and the cat. Who will hang the bell ? A 
firft Reformer is fure to create many ene- 
mies. It is very difficult to ftem and di- 
vert into"anotHer '"cBannra^orrent : of pFe- 
jiidice tEat has beenTo many years accu^ 
down with 
the Itrearru BuTTuch a reformation re- 
quires a power which the Univerfities them- 
felves do not poflefs. It muft be the aft of 
the Legiflaturej and the Adminiftration, in 
this kingdom, is generally too deeply in- 
volved in national politicks, to fpare the 
time and application that a reform of fuch 
importance would require. 
It is poflible that, in fome future period., 
a fortunate concurrence of circumftances 
may produce a rational and uniform fyftem 
of education in both Univerfities. There 
are now refident at Oxford and at Cam- 
bridge, men fully adequate to the delinea- 
tion of a comprehenfive, an univerfal plan 
of academical tuition, which, with the ad- 
vantages of their prefent foundations, might, 
very eafily, be rendered fuperior to any in- 
ftitutions of the kind in Europe. No other 
Univerfities poflefs fuch noble and fpacious 
edifices for the accommodation of fludentsj 
no 
