Yet, as to the now-preſent relationſhip of the literary laity to theological principles, and to Chriſtianity, ſomething may be ſaid—all proprieties duly regarded—or ſuch proprieties as are due from one writer toward others of the literary guild, who may like, or miſlike, what he ſays.

Nothing coheres the way you expect. Substances float around each other until you crush them all with a blender.

was left to fight his way through the world.

to block out a plan