We were Israel going up against the Philistines, who had us in their grip.

But now, things are changed; we've got our own way all round, and it's the Church party who have the grievances and the cry.

It is we who are the Philistines and the oppressors in our turn, and, of course, the young men as they grow up are going into opposition.' 'And a very good thing, too!' said Forbes.

'It's the only thing that prevents Oxford becoming as dull as the rest of the world.

All your picturesqueness, so to speak, has been struck out of the struggle between the two forces.