J.E. Sandys, A History of Classical Scholarship Vol. 3:
“Lobeck’s wit and humour, as well as his devotion to the old Greek texts, are well exemplified -in a short letter to Meineke :
‘What is this that I hear, my dear friend? I can hardly believe my ears. Are you really wanting to visit Italy ? Why Italy, of all parts of the world ? Simply to see a few statues with broken noses ? NO ! If I cannot visit Niagara, or the Mississippi, or Hekla, I prefer sitting here beside my own warm stove, reading GREEK SCHOLIASTS, which is, after all, the true end of the life of man.'”
