Cambridge requires all to be equal.
Some interpret this to allude to the college commons, or mess, where all pay alike; others suppose it expresses, that among students of the same degree, family and fortune give no superiority.
Some interpret this to allude to the college commons, or mess, where all pay alike; others suppose it expresses, that among students of the same degree, family and fortune give no superiority.
Entry taken from Provincial Glossary, edited by Francis Grose.