If in his travel he is scrupulous in detail, it is in the spirit of the mariner who will neither court a ship-wreck nor be denied his adventure.

He cannot deny to others the right to hesitate and halt by the way, but his spirit asks no less than the eternal and the infinite.

Yes, but many good religious people are not used to seeing the issue in this light, and those who make a trade of fanning old bitterness will still ply their bitter trade, crying that anarchists, atheists, heretics, infidels, all outcasts and wicked men, are all rampant for our destruction.

It may be disputed, but, admitting it, one may ask: Is there no place among Christian people for those distinctive virtues on which we base the superiority of our religion?
When the need is greatest, should the practice be less urgent?
It is not evident that the free-thinker is obliged by any of his principles to give better example.

It is evident the Christian is so obliged.