He would be no worse a farmer for having an _A.M_.after his name; while the curriculum was common to all the professions.

So it was resolved that, in the following winter, he should _compete for a bursary_.
The communication that his fate lay in that direction roused Alec still more.

Now that an ulterior object rendered them attractive, he turned his attention to the classics with genuine earnestness; and, on a cloudy day in the end of October, found himself on the box-seat of the Royal Mail, with his trunk on the roof behind him, bound for a certain city whose advantages are not confined to the possession of a university..