The critical part of the argument is left untouched, and the answer is given from the poet's plane.

It is the same when in the _Parleyings with Certain People_ Furini is made to embody Browning's belief in a personal God in contradistinction with the mere evolutionist.

He does not argue the points.

He places one doctrine over against the other and bids the reader choose.

Moreover, he claims his view as his own alone.