"_He who runs may read._"--There appeared in Vol. ii., p. 374., a new, and,
in my opinion, an erroneous, interpretation of part of ver. 2., chap. ii.
Habakkuk. It appears to me probable that a person reading the vision might
be struck with awe, and so "alarmed by it" as not to be able "to fly from
the impending calamity" in the way which your correspondent imagines. I
prefer Archbishop Newcome's explanation:--"Let the characters be so legible
that one who hastily passeth on may read them. This may have been a
proverbial expression."
If you be pleased to insert this, readers may judge for themselves which is
the right interpretation.