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Rh  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

Choked in whose meshes Oxford, slowly wise, Has lain for three disastrous centuries. Away with them! (It is for this I yearn.) Each twist untwist, each Turner overturn! Disfranchise each Conservative, and cancel The votes of Michell, Liddon, Wall, and Mansel! Then, then shall Oxford be herself again, Neglect the heart, and cultivate the brain—