Members of the College have always been distinguished for a certain independence of thought and adherence to principle, not always guided by motives of mere worldly prudence; they have always been noted for that strong corporate feeling which finds expression in the words of Viscount Falkland"s letter, before alluded to: "I still carry about with me an indelible character of affection and duty to that Society, and an extraordinary longing for some occasion of expressing that affection and that duty."

To one who has spent much of his life in the service of the inst.i.tution to which he owes so much, the words of the Psalmist (a Scot naturally quotes the version endeared to him by early a.s.sociation) seem to put the matter concisely--

"For in her rubbish and her stones thy servants pleasure take; Yea, they the very dust thereof do favour for her sake."

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