But in their second-best rank, books of this academic sort are, of all books, the easiest to write. They chew over what has already been well chewed; they grapple with other scholars, seeking to bear them down into the academic ooze; they explore the vast caverns of the creator's spirit with no illumination save the smoky and fitful rushlight of their own critical intelligence.


A Voice from the Attic (1960)

Robertson Davies Quotes

But in their second-best rank, books of this academic sort are, of all books, the easiest to write. They chew over what has already been well chewed; ...

But in their second-best rank, books of this academic sort are, of all books, the easiest to write. They chew over what has already been well chewed; ...

But in their second-best rank, books of this academic sort are, of all books, the easiest to write. They chew over what has already been well chewed; ...

But in their second-best rank, books of this academic sort are, of all books, the easiest to write. They chew over what has already been well chewed; ...