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Old Friends at Cambridge
and Elsewhere
PREFACE.
I have frequently been asked to writemy Memoirs, or I should rather say, myRecollections. I have serious doubts as towhether I recollect anything of value; and,even if I do, I have no time at present tocommit it to paper. But, as the University,when I first knew it, was a very differentplace from what it is now; and as it hasfallen to my lot to write several biographicalnotices of distinguished Cambridge men, inthe course of which I have noted incidentallya good many of the constitutional and socialchanges of later years, I venture to republishwhat I have written. Such compositions, manyof which were dashed off on the spur of themoment, under the influence of strong feeling,with no opportunity for correction or amplification,are, I am aware, defective as a seriousvirecord of lives which ought to have been toldat greater length. But, that they gain insincerity what they lose in detail, will, I hope,be conceded by those who take the trouble toread them.
Most of these articles are reprinted as theywere written, with only obvious and necessarycorrections. The Life of Dr Whewell has beenslightly enlarged; and that of Bishop Thirlwallhas been revised, though not substantiallyaltered. Any merit that this Life may possessis due to the kindness of the late Master ofmy College, Dr Thompson. I myself hadnever so much as seen Thirlwall, and undertookthe article with great reluctance. Butmy difficulties vanished as soon as I hadconsulted Dr Thompson. He had been oneof Thirlwall’s intimate friends, and not onlysupplied me with information about him whichI could not have learnt from any other source,but revised the arti