The Pope's Valentine to the Cardinal
Anon
Genre: | Poetry, Spoof |
Subjects: | Religious Authority, Universities, Education, Mathematics |
Reviewing British converts to the Roman Catholic Church, the narrator, in the persona of the pope, laments that the University of Cambridge, which pursues 'Euclid's lore', 'Sends scare a soul to kiss [his] shoes'. The 'chief recruits' come from the University of Oxford, and are 'in Science quite untaught'. Observes the absence of scientific practitioners amongst the converts. |
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