And Where There Had Been Only Jeers

Great Success In Examinations Does Naturally Not As A Rule Go With Originality Of Thought.

It Is Curious That, With My Somewhat Antinomian Tendencies, I Should Have Gone To Trinity Hall - Which Was, And Is, Before All A Law College - And Should Thus Have Been Thrown Into Close Touch With The Legal Element In Life.

I Might Have Simply Settled Down Into An Armchair Literary Life. I Really Don't Know Exactly Why I Didn't.

Making A Choice Is Like Backing A Horse - In A Hundred Years, They May Decide You Picked Wrongly.

In April 1882 My Father Died; And I Was At Once Whirled Out Of My Land Of Dreams Into A Very Different Sphere.