Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving.
Being appointed Elder Professor meant very much taking over the shop, in that the professor in those days controlled all the moneys.
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