Genre:

Poetry

Subjects:

Universities, Religion, Education, Analytical Chemistry, Government, Politics

    Contrasts attempts to abolish religious tests for university degrees and fellowships to attempts to annul chemical tests. Notes that mere commands and parliamentary bills will not stop chemical substances from reacting in certain ways. For example, urges that while it is easy to pass a bill for stopping 'hydrogen sulphuret' from blackening lead, it remains to be seen whether it will be effective. Celebrates those tests provided by science and those which the author's 'Masters' do not have the power to repeal.