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what very inadequate ideas he has; or is able to 

 convey, concerning himself; and still less how 

 far the imperfect outline is liable to distortion 

 from the misconceptions of the person to whom 

 it may be submitted. I much fear, therefore, 

 that I may not be so rightly understood as I 

 could wish. But under the total negation, for 

 the present, of every better means of commu- 

 nication between us, I have only to solicit an 

 attention on your part, equivalent to the pre- 

 cision with which it shall be my endeavour to 

 render myself explicitly intelligible ; and your 

 own practice must grope out the truth, amid the 

 obvious defects of an exemplified instruction. 



