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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XL, Issue 1, 4 January 1908, Page 41

There is a story told of the late Dr. Mansel. Master of Trinity College, who, meeting two undergraduates of his college, was surprised to find that they passed him without paying the respect due to their master by raising their caps. He stopped them, and inquired' if they knew him. They flippantly replied that they really did not. “How long have you been in college, then?” asked Mansel. ' “Onlj- eight days,” they answered. “That accounts for your blindness.” the master replied; “puppies never see till they are nine days old.” “England hasn't had a war for some time.” “No, they don’t dare. They're afraid Alfred Austin might write an ode about it”