His genius was then in the fullest vigour.

The great work, which entitles him to the highest place among the geometricians and natural philosophers of all ages and of all nations, had been some time printing under the sanction of the Royal Society, and was almost ready for publication.

He was the steady friend of civil liberty and of the Protestant religion: but his habits by no means fitted him for the conflicts of active life.

He therefore stood modestly silent among the delegates, and left to men more versed in practical business the task of pleading the cause of his beloved University.
Never was there a clearer case.

The law was express.