by Dean Frederic W. Farrar

No, Julian, not a fair specimen of a don altogether, but in some of his aspects a fair specimen of a certain class of university men, who profess to admire nothing, hope for nothing, love nothing; who think warmth of heart a folly, and sentiment a crime; who would not display an interest in any thing more important than a boat-race or a game of bowls, to save their lives; who are very fond of the phrase, 'all that sort of nonsense,' to express everything that rises above the dead level of their own dead mediocrity in intelligence and life.