Through the great West Door and up the long aisle of London's vast St. Paul's Cathedral one day last week slowly marched a procession which included a portly little man, young-looking despite his grey locks. To him, at the altar, a cleric said: "I, Sidney Arthur Alexander, senior canon, do induct you, Very Reverend Walter Robert Matthews, lawfully appointed dean of this church. The Lord keep your coming in and going out, now and forever."
Replied Dean-Designate Matthews: "Ego, Walterus Robertus Matthews, ecclesiae Cathedralis Sancti Pauli Londini decanus installatus, promitto et juro. ....
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