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defined it as a public school, but Sewell's aim was to provide an
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in 1827, and then won both the
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Columba's, and later the third Warden of Radley, but his business management was unsuccessful in both cases, and his personal responsibility for the debts contracted by Radley caused the
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Columba's. Despite his trips to raise much-needed funds, his college showed bad faith towards a financial supporter who brought it much furniture and silver. His connections at Oxford, particularly
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