asthekingdomofmymindIfeelliketheproverbialbullintheashop.Athousandoddsandendsofknowledgeecrashingaboutmyheadlikehailstones,arytoescapethem,theme-goblinsandcollegenixiesofallsortspursueme,untilIwish--oh,mayIbefiventhewickedwish!--thatImightsmashtheidolsIcametoworship.

    Buttheexaminatiohechiefbugbearsofmycollegelife.AlthoughIhavefacedthemmanytimesandcastthemdownandmadethembitethedust,yettheyriseagainandmenacemewithpalelooks,untillikeBobAcresIfeelmyceoozingoutatmyfingerends.Thedaysbeforetheseordealstakeplacearespentincrammingyourmindwithmystiulaandiibledates--unpalatablediets,untilyouwishthatbooksandsdyouwereburiedihsofthesea.

    Atlastthedreadedhourarrives,andyouareafavouredbeingindeedifyoufeelprepared,andareableattherighttimetocalltoyourstandardthoughtsthatwillaidyouinthatsupremeeffort.Ithappenstoooftenthatyourtrumpetcallisunheeded.Itismostperplexingandexasperatingthatjustatthemomentwhenyouneedyourmemoryandaniseofdiscrimination,thesefacultiestaketothemselveswingsandflyaway.Thefactsyouhavegarhsufiroubleinvariablyfailyouatapinch.

    "GiveabriefatofHussandhiswork."Huss?Whowasheandwhatdidhedo?Thenamelooksstrangelyfamiliar.Youransackyetofhistoricfactsmuchasyouwouldhuntforabitofsilkinarag-bag.Youaresureitissomewhereinyourmihetop--yousawittheretheotherdaywhenyouwerelookingupthebeginningsoftheReformation.Butwhereisitnow?Youfishoutallmannerofoddsandendsofknowledge--revolutions,schisms,massacres,systemsofgover;butHuss--whereishe?Youareamazedatallthethingsyouknoww