Johan Huizinga

A technical term...once accepted in scientific parlance, all too readily becomes a label for shelving an article as filed and finally accounted for.

The actual quote is...

A technical term like potlatch, once accepted in scientific parlance, all too readily becomes a label for shelving an article as filed and finally accounted for.

By removing the reference to potlatch, an interesting (and true) generic statement is made. Thus, the quote as it is.

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