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18 And thus would Oxford educate, indeed, Men far beyond a merely local need— With no career before them, I may say , Unless they're wise enough to go away, And seek, far West, or in the distant East, Another flock of pigeons to be fleeced.
 * I might go on, and trace the destiny

Of Oxford in an age which, though it be But, were I to pursue the boundless theme, I fear that I should seem to you to dream.
 * This to fulfil, or even—humbler far—

To shun Conservatism's noxious star