![Jowett, in his day, did probably more than any other single man to let some fresh air into the exhausted atmosphere of the [Oxford] common rooms, and to widen the intellectual horizons of the place.](/assets/img/quote-photos/jowett-in-his-day-did-probably-more-than-any-other-single-man-to-let-some-fresh.jpg)
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