The essay was rich in metaphor and still richer in quotation.  From the Greeks, from the Romans, from the English, from America, from Australia, from all parts of the globe did the young writer cull incident and quotation.  She used a brief and telling argument, and she brought it to a successful and logical conclusion.  Finally she quoted some words from Tennyson, aptly and splendidly chosen, and when Sir John's voice ceased the entire hall rose up in a body and cheers and acclamations ascended to the roof.