But here, more than ever, I feel the necessity of making myself clearly under-stood;for there is no subject on which the coarse and lawless fancies of our age have taken a freer range.

• 但是，我向来没有象在这里这样感到有必要详细说明我的意见，因为没有一个题目比这个题目更可以使当代人信口雌黄了。