He had shouldered a body of doctrine, and was prepared to defend it tooth and nail, solely for the honour and glory that warriors win.
'If the Church is elastic, and stretches to the shape of the time, she'll last, I suppose,' said Cornelius.

'If not--.

Only think, I bought a copy of Paley's _Evidences_, best edition, broad margins, excellent preservation, at a bookstall the other day for--ninepence; and I thought that at this rate Christianity must be in rather a bad way.' 'No, no!' said the other almost, angrily.

'It only shows that such defences are no longer necessary.

Men's eyes can see the truth without extraneous assistance.