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patel is from the student's point of view the most interesting institution we have. No parallel could be drawn of that interesting personage, and I should be very sorry to see him transformed into a French Maire, either elected or nominated. I regret extremely that I cannot enter into further details, but I trust I have said enough to indicate that much inquiry and the comparative study of institutions is required before we venture on remarks which too often only betray the absolute ignorance of speakers who have not grasped the difference between autonomy and self-government, and who fancy that the delegation of administrative duties implies the exercise of legislative powers. Philistinism is the frame of mind which purposely ignores the magnitude of a problem, and does not attempt even to understand its outlines, but develops a crude judgement and ready-made theories. The great object of a Faculty of Law is to teach those who aspire to take part in public life jurisprudence, not as the art of jurisdiction, but in its connection with moral and social sciences, in its philosophical and historical aspect. In this relation, besides a Chair of PubHc Law, Chairs of Philosophy of Law, of Political Economy, of Commercial and of International Law, are necessary. They presuppose, of course, that the student has in the Faculty of Arts been well trained in the method of historical inquiry from a sociological point of view, and has had a sound general education. As a school for barristers or solicitors, the Faculty of Law will have to provide a Chair of Roman Law, of Civil Law, of Criminal Law, of Civil and Criminal Procedure, of Medical Jurisprudence, of Hindu and of Mahomedan Law, leaving it to their discretion to attend the lectures in the other division of the Faculty of Law, which would naturally be attended by the sons of Chiefs and by those aspiring to serve the State in a bureaucratic character, as well as by those who might consider it their special vocation to take a share in public affairs.In both divisions of the Law Faculty the chief object should be to train the men in the method of Juridical argument, so that future legal studies should be guided and facilitated by this previous training. The omission in the University curriculum in England of a Faculty of Politics is indefensible, and as institutions become more democratic the necessity of political training becomes greater. It is a remarkable fact that in the reign of Henry VIII. it was intended to make use of the confiscated property of the monasteries to lay the foundation of a College for training public servants, who were to be taught general history, modern languages