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be but to follow 1m ignis. fatuus. :Men of deep
rdlection, nOli really logical mind:! cunnol t1lu:-I
bcoome the dupl':; of their own imbecility.
\'"hat t11t~y Lave M Jcl traversed of the Yll5t
l1ehlll of knowledge, beal"8!lo ~lIlal1 a proportion
to what still lies before tlH.:ll1,that they feel
more like lCllTuing than teaching.
\\hnt a contra~L this with the conduct of
tbiY.'lC, who merely f',kim the surface of thillg~ I
XCHr examining all)" important subject with
.!'ufficient ('are to :so..:eits real difficultieM, VT
grapplM with them, the)" llIullrally tuough beoolne
t:llk.llive nnd opinionakJ. There is but
little in tbeir millll~ at all, and tLat little lit'H
NO cntirely on the top, that it runs off without
an clfort . .A fuller vc:;:;t.lwould be l6l'~fluellt.
'The worM alJo,JUmlswith snch folk~ aud they
are tlm ver)" people who are ....:ul)' to overturn
tht' pillars on wllich weict) hILSbeen resting
for ecnturil.'S. Puffed lip with a vain conceit
llf their own wi,.doln, they feel themselvegequal
to any task. It woulll really ~C('m lI.S if they
were wi~e enoll~1I ill their OWlleyes to renounce
aU the teaching,; of tLe past., and cast everything
into a new mould. liut ~lJch a course