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378 LETTERS, TRACTS, bv.young, and were now unalterably fixed in a fet ofgood,, found, orthodox principles-.. Of thefe princiwlec.,indeed, they h.~.d but a few j but then tliofe theyhad wvre good erough ; and they had fuch love tothat they wiflied them to think juft astheir fcholars,tliey thought : And they were fo barren in ftyle, thatthey had net abcf\'e one phrafe to exprefs any particularftntimcnt, and were fo wonderfully wedded totheir own peculiar phrafes, that if a iludent happenedto exprtfs one of their fentimcnts in any other butliheir own words^ they concluded tliat he differed fromtheir way cf thinking, and looked upon him withlome degree of pity, contempt, or averhon.Chap. 5. I am obliged, as a faithful hiftorian, totake nolice here, that there were, at this time, twoparties or faclicns in the college.The mod numer- ^Gus confiftcd of fellows fuch as I have defcribed inthe fourth chapter. They were, miOrecver, generallyof a rec^ufe, unfocial temper j owing either to imbeciliityof body, or unwillingnefs to keep company forfear of being put to expencc. In the other party therewas one v^ ho was efleemed a thorough fchblar, andanother, a feholar alfo, of a liberal turn, and who hadfeen the world ; and fome two or three more, whofecharacters the.m.emcirs of Clutha have not very exacllytranfmitted to us. But it happened, that if aUndent was in the rood graces of the one fa£fion,the other was fure to difdke him, and do him whatill offices they could. Each party was intent uponencouraging thofe only v. ho adhered to it, by recomnendingthem to he tutors to young gentlemen, orto burfaries, which were annual fums of money providedfor the fuppcrt' of ftudents at Clutha. Andfrom what 1 have already faithfully narrated, it willeafily be believed that young lads were feldom' in anyrecommended orcafe, never by the prevailing party,provided for on account of their learning, but for thenarrownefs of their notions, and for that humblenefs