text:  My tutors were probably of the same opinion and did not bestow much care on a person who had no chance of being a bishop; and finally the head of St John's in the most open and independent manner imaginable wrote a letter to my anxious parent putting an end to any hopes he might have entertained of my being senior wrangler or even the wooden spoon by informing him that he considered I was qualified--if I devoted my energies entirely to the subject--to plant cabbages; but with regard to Euclid it was quite out of the question