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There has been no greater mistake made in Oxford than the abolition of compulsory chapel, except of course the admission of women and the abolition of compulsory Greek.

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— John Cecil Masterman, Provost of Worcester College 1947–61

Source

Quoted in Evans, G. R. (2010). The University of Oxford – A New History. London: I.B. Tauris. p. 27. ISBN 9781848851146.