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"The logiótatoi [(language) pedants], the enemies of the nation, while pretending to speak to the nation in a language better than its own, are speaking and writing in a language that the nation doesn't understand, [with the result that] it remains untutored ignorant and barbarous and, and consequently betrayed by them " (quoting Laskaratos)

"Doukas was the prototype of a breed of selfless yet pedantic Greek schoolmasters who were so dazzled by the wonders of the Ancient Greek language that they were incapable of making any illuminating comments on the content of the texts. His collosal oeuvre is a monument to altruistic dedication and mental confusion. "