A London Education

On leaving Bristol College, I had quiet thoughts of attending Oxford, which would have pleased my mother; but my father disliked the aristocratic leanings of the University and objected to the doctrinal tests which were then required. Notwithstanding that Oxford exacted assent to the Thirty-Nine Art...

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Published in	The Memoirs of Walter Bagehot p. 23
Main Author	Prochaska, Frank
Format	Book Chapter
Language	English
Published	United States Yale University Press 24.09.2013
Subjects	Ambition Aristocracy Arts Axiology Behavioral sciences Breakfasts Catholicism Christianity Cognitive psychology Democracy Emotion Emotional states Ethics Food consumption Food studies Government Intellect Intelligence Literary genres Literature Meals Mealtimes Morality Motivation Normative ethics Oligarchy Parliamentary system Personality psychology Philosophy Poetry Political regimes Political science Political systems Psychology Religion Sadness Social sciences Spiritual belief systems
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Summary:	On leaving Bristol College, I had quiet thoughts of attending Oxford, which would have pleased my mother; but my father disliked the aristocratic leanings of the University and objected to the doctrinal tests which were then required. Notwithstanding that Oxford exacted assent to the Thirty-Nine Articles, few Oxford-bred men could give any rational account of them, or the weary controversies out of which their nomenclature arose. The English nation has no opinion of them at all; since our fathers fell asleep there has been no bona fide discussion of them. My own faith was more in keeping with my mother’s
ISBN:	9780300195545 0300195540