The life and letters of Benjamin Jowett, M. A., master of Balliol college, Oxford.

CHAPTER X

'ESSAYS AND REVIEWS.' I860-1865
(Aet. 43-48)
Essays and Reviews-Panic in the religious world-The Quarterly
and Edinburgh Reviews —Bishop Wilberforce-Stanley at OxfordDr. Pusey's attitude-Bishop Colenso-Prosecution of Williams and
Wilson-The Vice-Chancellor's Court-Continued agitation for the
Endowment of the Greek Chair-E. Freeman and C. Elton-Endowment of the Chair by Christ Church.
IN this chapter it will be necessary for the sake of
clearness to travel beyond the strict limits of Biography, and to recall a series of incidents which had
important consequences not only for the subject of this
memoir, but for some public institutions. They gave
to his career its final bent by binding him to Balliol;
and while thus enriching that College, left Christ Church,
and the Church of England also, poorer than they might
otherwise have been.
In the summer of 86o 1 the meeting of the British
Association was held at Oxford. The encounter on that
occasion between Mr. Huxley2 and Bishop Wilberforce,
during the discussion that arose concerning Mr. Darwin's
Origin of Species3, was long vividly remembered and
June 27-July 3. 2 The Right Hon. T. H. Huxley.
s Published in 1859.