There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds.

Divergent Series. Work
Hardy is credited with reforming British mathematics by bringing rigour into it which was previously a characteristic of French Swiss and German mathematics. ; Littlewood J.

". H. " Hardy FRS (7 February 1877 – 1 December 1947) was an English mathematician known for his achievements in number theory and mathematical analysis.