Humanity is a spectacle, not a brotherhood.
When one speaks to him of the confusion and anarchy in the religious world, and suggests how hard it is for the average man to know which way he should follow, he replies: "Yes, I'm afraid it's a bad time for the ordinary man." But then he has laid it down, "There is not the slightest probability that the largest crowd will ever be gathered in front of the narrow gate." Still one could wish that he felt in his heart something of the compassion of his Master for those who have taken the road of destruction.
He attaches great importance to preaching.

He does not at all agree with the sneer at "preaching-shops." That is a convenient sneer for the younger generation of ritualists who have nothing to say and who perform ceremonies they don't understand; not much meaning _there_ for the modern man.

No; preaching is a most important office, although no other form of professional work is done anything like so badly.

But a preacher who has something to say will always attract intelligent people.
One does not discuss with him the kind of preaching necessary to convert unintelligent people.

That would be to take this great philosopher out of his depth.
As for the Oxford Movement, he regards it as a changeling.