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A gentleman once introduced his son to Howland Hill by letter, as a youth of great promise, and as likely to do honor to the University of which he was a member; ‘ but he is sly,’ added the father, ‘ and idle, and I fear buries his talents in a napkin.’ A short time afterwards the parent, anxious for the reverend old gentleman’s opinion, inquired what was thought of his son. * I have shaken the napkin,’ said Howland Hill, ‘ at all comers, and there is nothing in it.’ Pope Leo Xlfl has been making inquiries as to the prelates who attended the great Vatican Council in 1869, and finds that one-third of them now slumber in the tomb,

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https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SCANT18810316.2.20.4

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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2492, 16 March 1881, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 South Canterbury Times, Issue 2492, 16 March 1881, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 4 South Canterbury Times, Issue 2492, 16 March 1881, Page 4

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