He looked longingly at my well-printed copy of Byron; but what impressed him most was my little collection of law books, especially Folkard's fat "Law of Libel," which he regarded with the awe and veneration of a Bibliolater, suddenly confronting a gigantic mystery of erudition.
"Prisoner for Blasphemy"
G. W. [George William] Foote
And, spurred by Mr. Mivart's unhesitating declaration, I hastened to acquaint myself with such of the works of the great Catholic divine as bore upon the question, hoping, not merely to acquaint myself with the true teachings of the infallible Church, and free myself of an unjust prejudice; but, haply, to enable myself, at a pinch, to put some Protestant Bibliolater to shame, by the bright example of Catholic freedom from the trammels of verbal inspiration.
"Critiques and Addresses"
Thomas Henry Huxley