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Mr. Gladstone's votes from Oxford double firsts were to Mr.

Hardy's as 36 to 4, or ninefold ; from firsts in one department who were second in another, as 49 to 12, or nearly fourfold ; from double seconds, as 21 to 6, or more than threefold ; from " firsts " only, as 227 to 78, or not quite threefold ; from seconds only, as 271 to 181, or as 3 to 2. In other words, the support given to Mr. Gladstone varied directly, and that to Mr. Hardy varied in- versely, as the intellectual calibre of the voters.

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