F. Hand me the book and I will read it to you through from beginning to
end, for to express it more briefly than Darwin himself has done is
almost impossible.
C. That is nonsense; as you asked me what impression I derived from the
book, so now I ask you, and I charge you to answer me.
F. Well, I assent to the justice of your demand, but I shall comply with
it by requiring your assent to a few principal statements deducible from
the work.