There  was  only  one  thing  ho  took  exception  to  in  the  paper  of  Mr.  Wrench,  anid
that  was  the  proposition  that  the  poor  should  obtain  a  kind  of  bounty  on  poverty.
Speaking  for  that  class  of  men  who  were  likely  to  become  poor  students  at  the
Universities — and  he  was  sure  they  would  bo  grateful  to  any  man  who  spoke  this
sentence  for  them — he  would  say  that  they  wanted  no  eleemosynary  aid,  required.
nothing  from  the  pity  of  their  tutors ;  but  if  they  went  to  the  UniversitieB  at  all,
would  do  so  as  manly  and  independent  men,  ready  to  win  whatever  was  necenaiy
for  them  in  fair  competition,  or  else  to  do  without  it.  They  did  not  want
artificial  distinctions  between  riches  and  poverty ;  they  did  not  want  to  be  scanned
b^  the  tutor  to  Fee  whether  they  were  wretched  enough  to  be  allowed  eleemoeynair
aid.  He  rejoiced  to  think  that  the  days  of  tests  were  passing  quickly  away,  and
that  the  immense  means  of  national  eaucation  in  this  coimtry  were  about  to  be
thro\«Ti  open  to  the  people,  to  unite  all  classes  as  a  great  republic  of  letters  and  a
brotherhood  in  knowledge  and  wisdom.
