"If then I am addressing one of that numerous class, who read to be told what to think, let me advise you to meddle with the book no further. You wish to buy a house ready furnished: do not come to look for it in a stonequarry. But if you are building up your opinions for yourself, and only want to be provided with materials, you may meet with many things in these pages to suit you."
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Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth (London: Macmillan and Co., 1871), To the Reader, p. xiii. First published in 1827.
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