They do not destroy orthodoxy; they only destroy political courage and common sense.

They do not prove that Adam was not responsible to God; how could they prove it?
They only prove (from their premises) that the Czar is not responsible to Russia.

They do not prove that Adam should not have been punished by God; they only prove that the nearest sweater should not be punished by men.

With their oriental doubts about personality they do not make certain that we shall have no personal life hereafter; they only make certain that we shall not have a very jolly or complete one here.

With their paralysing hints of all conclusions coming out wrong they do not tear the book of the Recording Angel; they only make it a little harder to keep the books of Marshall and Snelgrove.