16/17 We are apostles of our own caste and our own subject of study, instead of being, as we should, true men and _loving_ students. Of course both of these could be corrected by the students themselves; but this is nothing to the purpose: it is more important to ask whether the Senatus or the body of alumni could do nothing towards the growth of better feeling and wider sentiments. Perhaps in another paper we may say something upon this head. What shall we be when we grow really old? We please ourselves with thinking that it cannot be so with us. |