“It was the solemn attestation of one* who had attained nearly the summit of human greatness, ‘I have surveyed the most part of that learning which is common among men, but now I find no rest for my soul except in the holy scriptures.’ It was the exclamation of another** eminent both in station, and for his talents, ‘I have lost a world of time the most precious thing in the world, of which had I one year more it should be spent in reading the psalms of David, and the epistles of Paul.’” — Alexander Proudfit, Practical Godliness in Thirteen Discourses on the Duties of the Closet, and Family, and Sanctuary (1813), p. 111

* John Selden
** Claudius Salmasius