Arrogance, pedantry, and dogmatism; the occupational diseases of those who spend their lives directing the intellects of the young.

Henry Seidel Canby (September 6 1878 – April 5 1961) was a critic editor and Yale University professor. He graduated from Yale in 1899 then taught at the university until becoming a professor in 1922. Canby was born in Wilmington Delaware and attended Wilmington Friends School.

Following a four year stint as the editor of the Literary Review of the New York Evening Post Canby became one of the founders and editors of the Saturday Review of Literature serving as the last until 1936. Henry Seidel Canby (September 6 1878 – April 5 1961) was a critic editor and Yale University professor. Canby was born in Wilmington Delaware and attended Wilmington Friends School.