4

G4

Yet I fear I may be exposing some of those who turn over these
pages to a risk. For owing to my want of lucidity, to my awkwardness in
setting forth the argument, and my unkempt style, instead of
attracting anybody to this postern entrance to the house of God, as I
have ventured to hope might be possible, I am afraid I shall bore
essaying readers so that they will only skim the article, and get
but a vague, false, and essentially inadequate notion of the argument,
thus being deprived forever of the benefit of feeling its full force while
yet fresh and new in their minds. Now I know well that if I could

G4

Yet I fear I may be exposing some of those who turn over these
pages to a risk. For owing to my want of lucidity, to my awkwardness in
setting forth the argument, and my unkempt style, instead of
attracting anybody to this postern entrance to the house of God, as I
have ventured to hope might be possible, I am afraid I shall bore
essaying readers so that they will only skim the article, and get
but a vague, false, and essentially inadequate notion of the argument,
thus being deprived forever of the benefit of feeling its full force while
yet fresh and new in their minds. Now I know well that if I could