Tennyson's manuscript came from the Vice-Chancellor
scored all over with g's. The classical professor failed to see
its merit, but bowed to the Vice-Chancellor, and added his g. The
mathematical professor could not admire, but since both his
colleagues ordained it, good it must be, and his g made the award
unanimous. The three met soon after, and the Vice-Chancellor, in
his blatant way, attacked the other two for admiring a trashy poem.
"Why," they remonstrated, "you covered it with g's yourself."
"G's," said he, "they were q's for queries; I could not understand
a line of it."
{4} "Enoch Arden," p. 34.
{5} "Eothen," p. 169. Reprint by Bell and Sons, 1898.
{6} "Eothen," p. 17.
{7} His deferential regard for army rank was like that of Johnson
for bishops. Great was his indignation when the "grotesque
Salvation Army," as he called it, adopted military nomenclature.
"I would let those ragamuffins call themselves saints, angels,
prophets, cherubim, Olympian gods and goddesses if they like; but
their pretension in taking the rank of officers in the army is to
me beyond measure repulsive.
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