83 In this line of reading he found confirmation
of his own more reserved thoughts—confirmation
which he had vainly sought in social
converse, so that as touching every most fundamental
topics, there was ^ had got to be established in him
some positive convictions, which he
forefelt would unalterably abide in him ^ essentially unmodified
^ proof to all sophistries so long as his intelligent part remained
unimpaired. Cons In view of the
troubled period in which he lived his lot was cast, this
was well for him. His Those settled convictions
were as a dyke against those
83 In this line of reading he found confirmation
of his own more reserved thoughts—confirmation
which he had vainly sought in social
converse, so that as touching every most fundamental
topics, there was ^ had got to be established in him
some positive convictions, which he
forefelt would unalterably abide in him ^ essentially unmodified
^ proof to all sophistries so long as his intelligent part remained
unimpaired. Cons In view of the
troubled period in which he lived his lot was cast, this
was well for him. His Those settled convictions
were as a dyke against those

Transcribed by: John Bryant