• Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.

    Agnes Repplier: Erudition, like a bloodhound, is a charming thing when held firmly in leash, but it is not so attractive when turned loose upon a defenseless and unerudite public.
    Agnes Repplier (1891). “Points of View”, Boston Houghton, Mifflin 1893.