Ineedhardlysaythatthecalmwasonlyonthesurface。Oldermen，whoknewmorethanundergraduateswerelikelytodo，musthaveseenthatthewaveofscepticismwhichhadalreadybrokenoverGermanywassettingtowardsourownshores，norwasitlong，indeed，beforeitreachedthem。Ernesthadhardlybeenordainedbeforethreeworksinquicksuccessionarrestedtheattentionevenofthosewhopaidleastheedtotheologicalcontroversy。Imean“EssaysandReviews。”
CharlesDarwin’s“OriginofSpecies。”andBishopColenso’s“CriticismsonthePentateuch。”
This，however，isadigression；ImustreverttotheonephaseofspiritualactivitywhichhadanylifeinitduringthetimeErnestwasatCambridge，thatistosay，totheremainsoftheEvangelicalawakeningofmorethanagenerationearlier，whichwasconnectedwiththenameofSimeon。
TherewerestillagoodmanySimeonites，orastheyweremorebrieflycalled“Sims。”inErnest’stime。Everycollegecontainedsomeofthem，buttheirheadquarterswereatCaius，whithertheywereattractedbyMrClaytonwhowasatthattimeseniortutor，andamongthesizarsofStJohn’s。
Behindthethenchapelofthislast-namedcollege，therewasa“labyrinth“thiswasthenameitboreofdingy，tumble-downrooms，tenantedexclusivelybythepoorestundergraduates，whoweredependentuponsizarshipsandscholarshipsforthemeansoftakingtheirdegrees。Tomany，evenatStJohn’s，theexistenceandwhereaboutsofthelabyrinthinwhichthesizarschieflylivedwasunknown；somemeninErnest’stime，whohadroomsinthefirstcourt，hadneverfoundtheirwaythroughthesinuouspassagewhichledtoit。