Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett, Master of Balliol College, Oxford, Vol. 2
On September 7, 1870, Jowett was elected Master of Balliol. The election was of course a foregone conclusion. For some years past his position in the College had been such that no other choice was possible. No other person could have been Master except in name, unless indeed Jowett had left Oxford. But cosa fatta capo ha, and the election, though expected, was an event. Not a week had elapsed since the battle of Sedan and the fall of the French Empire; yet the papers found time to say a few words about Balliol and Jowett.
Every one was asking: What use would he make of his new position?
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