If we desire European civilisation to be a raid and a rescue, we shall insist rather that souls are in real peril than that their peril is ultimately unreal.
And if we wish to exalt the outcast and the crucified, we shall rather wish to think that a veritable God was crucified, rather than a mere sage or hero.

Above all, if we wish to protect the poor we shall be in favour of fixed rules and clear dogmas.

The _rules_ of a club are occasionally in favour of the poor member.

The drift of a club is always in favour of the rich one.
And now we come to the crucial question which truly concludes the whole matter.

A reasonable agnostic, if he has happened to agree with me so far, may justly turn round and say, "You have found a practical philosophy in the doctrine of the Fall; very well.