Therefore no one may write about India; Smith is too inexperienced, Jones has only learned he knows nothing, and General Blank is too antiquated.
"From Edinburgh to India & Burmah"
William G. Burn Murdoch
It has, in the intellectual sphere, crushed the old authority which embodied superstition, antiquated prejudice, and a sham system of professional knowledge, which was upheld by a close corporation.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen
The history of eighteenth century literature illustrates this by showing how as the social changes give new influence to the middle classes and then to the democracy, the aristocratic class which represented the culture of the opening stage is gradually pushed aside; its methods become antiquated and its conventions cease to represent the ideals of the most vigorous part of the population.
"English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century"
Leslie Stephen