Benjamin Jowett, "Recollections of Professor Smith I. by Professor Jowett"
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He was indulgent to the failings of young men, and felt a humane pity for persons who had lost their character. He was one of whom it might be said that 'he would have stood by a friend, not only in adversity, but in disgrace.'
— Benjamin Jowett on Henry John Stephen Smith
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Source: Wikiquote: "Henry John Stephen Smith" (Quotes about Smith, Biographical Sketches and Recollections (with Early Letters) (1894): of Henry John Stephen Smith M.A., F.R.S., Late Savilian Professor of Geometry in the University of Oxford. source)
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About Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett (15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was a theologian and classical scholar who became one of the great public figures of Victorian England. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1855, Master of Balliol College, Oxford from 1870, and Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1882.
About Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett (15 April 1817 – 1 October 1893) was a theologian and classical scholar who became one of the great public figures of Victorian England. He was Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford from 1855, Master of Balliol College, Oxford from 1870, and Vice-Chancellor of the university from 1882.
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