It was the old story of a strait-minded bigot forcing a large-minded doubter out of the fold that ought to have been wide enough for both of them.

Moreover, this difference of opinion on matters of public and spiritual interest ended in a private and mundane animosity.

Mr.Knight could never forgive a pupil of his own, whose ability he recognized, who dared to question his pontifical announcements.

To him the matter was personal rather than one of religious truth, for there are certain minds in whose crucibles everything is resolved individually, and his was one of them.

He was the largest matters through his own special and highly-magnifying spectacles.