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if three will not do. But see what this lusty Master of the Rolls and his men did in their big boat in their day.
"'The official record says:
"'1839—Wednesday, April 23.
Course, Westminster to Putney. Distance, 5 miles 3 furlongs.
Cambridge wins. Oxford loses.
Won by 1 minute 45 seconds. Time, 31 minutes.'"
No mere four-mile race there. No little dainty paper shells, with skeleton outriggers and spoon-oars. Boats, no doubt, twice as heavy as those of to-day, cumbrous, slow, and rowed probably on the gunwale. It took good men to row such a race, and under such conditions.
SIR RICHARD WEBSTER
"At Trinity College, Cambridge, whither he went after leaving Charterhouse, Sir Richard Webster was the most popular man of his time. He gained his popularity not by means of any extraordinary display of learning such as the scholarship of Mr. Justice Romer. His university attainments consisted of the thirty-fifth position in the list of Wranglers; and a third class in the Classical Tripos. It is not too much to say that Sir Richard Webster is one of the most versatile men of his time. He is equally at home in the Courts and in a Sunday-school; in the House of Commons and at a meeting of the Society of Arts; in a gymnasium and in a church choir; in defending the Pelican Club (of boxers) from the charge of being a nuisance and in presiding over an anti-gambling demonstration. He is popular among all classes, being genial and respectful towards all men.
"But he never hesitates to express his thoughts, and his sincerity has made him enemies. The Attorney-General possesses all the qualities that make a good judge. He always forms an independent opinion; and his judgment, though never hasty, is not slow. He is courteous to the humblest member of his profession; and
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