find some one wiser than himself

[GoodTaste]

Is "find some one wiser than himself" the same as "find someone wiser than himself"?


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Richard Dawkins 1h
“One could not converse with Darwin without being reminded of Socrates. There was the same desire to find some one wiser than himself; the same belief in the sovereignty of reason; the same ready humour” (TH Huxley, Obituary of Charles Darwin, 1882).

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The space is wrong. It's always someone, never some one. (Notice the date of the quote.)

Some people would use himself. Others would not. Do you see anything wrong with it? Would you change it? If you would, how?

 

[GoesStation]

The space is wrong in contemporary English. It was okay in 1888.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

The space is wrong in contemporary English. It was okay in 1888.

Yup. That why I mentioned the date. Does that make sense, GT?

 

[Tdol]

It was correct for the time- it is widely quoted: