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contrary, Dublin, with the Scotch Universities,^[1] as well as those of Germany, and of the continent of Europe generally, except such as have suffered from the experiments of modern revolutionary legislation, has much more nearly preserved the ancient constitution of a studium generale, than the Universities of England,^[2]notwithstanding the superiority of these last in many respects. In the case of Dublin it was necessary that the College should be founded before the University, because in Ireland there were at that time no Doctors or Masters to conduct the schools, except the few who had come to Ireland from the English Universities; there were no students except such as could be supported by Bursaries, or eleemosynary foundations; therefore. Queen Elizabeth, in her Charter of foundation, declares it to be her will, "Ut eo melius ad bonas Artes percipiendas, colendamque virtutem et religionem adjuventur [studiosi], quod de caetero sit, et erit, Unum Collegium mater Universitatis, .... pro Educatione, Institutione, et Instructione Juvenum et Studentium in Artibus et Facultatibus, perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturum." In other words, the College was to be the parent of the

Omnium Sanctorum juxta Dublin. Ed. by Rev. Rich. Butler, (Irish Archæol. Society). 1845.

↑ See what Döllinger has said on the English Universities, p. 25. On the Scotch Universities, ibid., p. 27. Of Ireland he makes no mention whatsoever.
↑ The modern Irish University, called " the Queen's University," i.e. the University of our present gracious Queen Victoria, violates altogether a rule rigidly observed in all ancient Universities, and deemed essential, viz., that the Colleges or schools of the same University should be all in the same town or city. "Depuis plus de huit cens ans," says the learned Pioles, avocat au Parlement, "qui'l y a des écoles publiques et générales dans le royaume, il n'etoit encore venu dans I'esprit de personne de croire qu'une Université put etre divisée de telle sorte qu'elle fut en partie dans une ville, et en partie dans une autre. Au contraire, et les illustres fondateurs, a qui les Universites doivent leur naissance, et les augustes protecteurs, a qui elles doivent leur conservation, princes, rois, prélats, souverains pontifes, tous ont éte persuadés qu' il étoit essentiel a ces Universités, que chaqu'une d'elles fût toute entière dans un seul et unique endroit."—Traité de l' Expectative des gradués, des droits et privileges des Universites, etc. Tom. i. p. 257. Paris, 1757.

[2] See what Döllinger has said on the English Universities, p. 25. On the Scotch Universities, ibid., p. 27. Of Ireland he makes no mention whatsoever.

[3] The modern Irish University, called " the Queen's University," i.e. the University of our present gracious Queen Victoria, violates altogether a rule rigidly observed in all ancient Universities, and deemed essential, viz., that the Colleges or schools of the same University should be all in the same town or city. "Depuis plus de huit cens ans," says the learned Pioles, avocat au Parlement, "qui'l y a des écoles publiques et générales dans le royaume, il n'etoit encore venu dans I'esprit de personne de croire qu'une Université put etre divisée de telle sorte qu'elle fut en partie dans une ville, et en partie dans une autre. Au contraire, et les illustres fondateurs, a qui les Universites doivent leur naissance, et les augustes protecteurs, a qui elles doivent leur conservation, princes, rois, prélats, souverains pontifes, tous ont éte persuadés qu' il étoit essentiel a ces Universités, que chaqu'une d'elles fût toute entière dans un seul et unique endroit."—Traité de l' Expectative des gradués, des droits et privileges des Universites, etc. Tom. i. p. 257. Paris, 1757.

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