Thus the minister was enabled to balance the voice of public opinion as he found it arrayed for and against his measure, and under pretence of indifference to despise both parties.

For a long while, the action of the Association was paralysed.
There were deeper questions at issue there than even those which appeared on the face of the bill.

The educational party insisted that any measure which did not embrace the University was scanty and illiberal.

They claimed its honours, advantages and emoluments for all the youth of Ireland alike; and they sought to make the academic subordinate to and parcel of the collegiate system.

The Dublin University and Trinity College are separate and distinct foundations and establishments.