. Edward Hodges, doctor in music of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge; organist ... Bristol, England, 1819-1838; organist and director in Trinity Parish, New York, 1839-1859;. ussex College, Cam-bridge, as a Fellow Commoner, and proceeded tohis Doctorate there, without taking the degree ofBachelor previously, as is usual. In this he wasstrenuously opposed by Dr. Clark-Whitfield, Pro-fessor of Music at Cambridge, and organist ofHereford Cathedral. The Professor also advisedhim to go to Oxford for his degree. This arousedthe spirit of the sister university, and an effort wasimmediately made to ge
. Edward Hodges, doctor in music of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge; organist ... Bristol, England, 1819-1838; organist and director in Trinity Parish, New York, 1839-1859;. ussex College, Cam-bridge, as a Fellow Commoner, and proceeded tohis Doctorate there, without taking the degree ofBachelor previously, as is usual. In this he wasstrenuously opposed by Dr. Clark-Whitfield, Pro-fessor of Music at Cambridge, and organist ofHereford Cathedral. The Professor also advisedhim to go to Oxford for his degree. This arousedthe spirit of the sister university, and an effort wasimmediately made to get him entered at TrinityCollege. This was refused on the ground that nomusical degree was there given. Of the correspond-ence which ensued between the Professor, myFather, and the Rev. Dr. Guildford Waite, of College, an old and valued friend of myFathers writes : Strange and almost incredible as it may appear, the young Bristol organist and musician, without 28 ■> 5 •> 3 ■> ■> ■» •) ^ •> 1 -> O. J 5 J ■>■>■>■> ■) J, « .1 o •> ■> J >3 5 ■> J ■) 1 1 ■>> ■>■> •> 3. w> c f f f f c Iter ,r c « c < t rr «• 4 • f t O f • r, • ••• Doctors Degree at Cambridge 29 the culture and polish of a University course, standsout unmistakably superior, not only in the clear-cutsufficiency of his flawless English, but in ready, yetelegant, mastery of a perfect epistolary style. Henever loses his imperturbable patience ; his temperremains cool and collected ; he is never betrayedinto the natural and even justifiable pungency of adisputant who carries the most precious interests ofhis career in his hand. The letters of Mr. Hodgesexhibit a world of practical shrewdness, foresight,and the quiet assurance of one who is confident ofsuccess and victory. The key to the story of hissuccess is found in the lively personal interest thatDr. Waite had conceived in the brilliant reput
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