Quotes From "Tom Brown At Oxford" By Thomas Hughes

After a sharp inward struggle, he concluded to stay and see it out. He should despise himself, more than he cared to face, if he gave in now. Thomas Hughes

Blessed is the man who has the gift of making friends; for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of oneself, and seeing and appreciating whatever is noble and living in another man. Thomas Hughes

While he was conscious of improving at every stroke, he did not feel that the other was asserting any superiority over him; and so, though more humble than at the most disastrous period of his downward voyage, he was getting into a better temper every minute. Thomas Hughes

Those were times when brave men who knew and loved their profession couldn't be overlooked. Thomas Hughes

That is the Proctor. He is our Cerberus; he has to keep all undergraduates in good order." "What a task! He ought to have three heads. Thomas Hughes

Anyone who takes a decided line in certain matters, is sure to lead all the rest. Thomas Hughes

This work of making trade righteous, of Christianizing trade, looks like the very hardest the Gospel has ever had to take in hand–in England at any rate. Thomas Hughes

Grey hoped the Church would yet be able to save England from the fate of Tyre or Carthage, the great trading nations Thomas Hughes

Schools and universities are (as in a body) the noble and vital parts, which being vigorous and sound send good blood and active spirits into the veins and arteries, which cause health and strength; or, if feeble or ill-affected, corrupt all the vital parts; whereupon grow diseases, and in the end, death itself. Thomas Hughes

The faces of your young people in general are not interesting– I don't mean the children, but the young men and women–and they are awkward and clownish in their manners, without the quaintness of the elder generation, who are the funniest old dears in the world." "They will all be quaint enough as they get older. You must remember the sort of life they lead. They get their notions very slowly, and they must have notions in their heads before they can show them on their faces. Thomas Hughes

You see, at Rugby I was rather a great man. There one had a share in the ruling of 300 boys, and a good deal of responsibility; but here one has only just to take care of oneself, and keep out of scrapes; and that's what I never could do. Thomas Hughes