Author: John Lamb

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Published: 2015-08-04

Total Pages: 488

ISBN-13: 9781332155453

Excerpt from Masters' History of the College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary in the University of Cambridge: With Additional Matter and a Continuation to the Present Time In common with every Member of this Society I have experienced the advantage of possessing a History of the College; and I trust we shall never forget the obligation we are under to Mr. Masters for the benefit he conferred upon us, nor lightly estimate the labour and ability which he employed in collecting and arranging the materials for such an undertaking. It is now about eighty years since the publication of this work, during which period the long meditated scheme of rebuilding the College has happily been accomplished. Thus not only is there a large portion of our History incomplete, but we have also arrived at an Epoch of no inconsiderable importance. It would indeed be disgraceful to this Society, were such a work to become useless, to a certain degree, for want of a continuation; or were this period to pass over without adding to our Bede-roll the names, and thus perpetuating the memories of those Benefactors, who have enabled us to accomplish "hoc diu speratum opus." Could any other Member of the College have been found inclined to undertake this work, I would willingly have resigned the task, and given him any assistance in my power, and glad should I have been to have seen it in abler hands. It is necessary that I should state the plan which I have adopted, as it differs in some respects from that of the former edition. I have republished the first part, viz. "Of the Founders, Benefactors, and Masters," but have inserted much fresh matter in the text and notes; and have continued it down to the present time. Instead of the second part, or, "Of the Principal Members;" I have given an account of each Fellow in Chronological order; and have preferred this arrangement to an Alphabetical one, as it presents a more connected History of the Society. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.