lapsed ▁and ▁the ▁Wh igs ▁took ▁over . ▁Pale y ' s ▁text ▁even ▁supported ▁abol ition ▁of ▁the ▁Th irty - n ine ▁Articles ▁of ▁the ▁Ang lic an ▁faith ▁which ▁every ▁student ▁at ▁Cambridge ▁( and ▁Oxford ▁University ) ▁was ▁required ▁to ▁sign . ▁H ens low ▁ins isted ▁that ▁" he ▁should ▁be ▁gr ieved ▁if ▁a ▁single ▁word ... ▁was ▁alter ed " ▁and ▁emphas ised ▁the ▁need ▁to ▁respect ▁authority . ▁ ▁This ▁happened ▁even ▁as ▁campaign s ▁of ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience ▁spread ▁to ▁star ving ▁agricult ural ▁labour ers ▁and ▁villages ▁close ▁to ▁Cambridge ▁suffered ▁ri ots ▁and ▁ar son ▁attacks . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁third ▁week ▁of ▁January ▁ 1 8 3 1 ▁Charles ▁sat ▁his ▁final ▁exam . ▁ ▁There ▁were ▁three ▁days ▁of ▁written ▁papers ▁covering ▁the ▁Class ics , ▁the ▁two ▁Pale y ▁texts ▁and ▁John ▁Lock e ' s ▁An ▁Ess ay ▁Conc ern ing ▁Human ▁Under standing , ▁then ▁mathematics ▁and ▁physics . ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁week ▁when ▁the ▁results ▁were ▁posted ▁he ▁was ▁d az ed ▁and ▁proud ▁to ▁have ▁come ▁ 1 0 th ▁out ▁of ▁a ▁pass ▁list ▁of ▁ 1 7 8 ▁doing ▁the ▁ordinary ▁degree . ▁Charles ▁sh one ▁in ▁the ology ▁and ▁sc rap ed ▁through ▁in ▁the ▁other ▁subjects . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁exha usted ▁and ▁de pressed , ▁writing ▁to ▁Fox ▁" I ▁do ▁not ▁know ▁why ▁the ▁degree ▁should ▁make ▁one ▁so ▁miser able ." ▁In ▁later ▁life