ThusI，forone，regretthatifyouaregoingtohaveanaristocracyitdidnotremainalogicalonefoundedonthescienceofheraldry；athingassertinganddefendingthequitedefensibletheorythatphysicalgenealogyisthetest；insteadofbeing，asitisnow，ameremachineofEtonandOxfordforvarnishinganybodyrichenoughwithonemonotonousvarnish。
Anditissupremelysointhecaseofreligion。Aslongasyouhaveacreed，whicheveryoneinacertaingroupbelievesorissupposedtobelieve，thenthatgroupwillconsistoftheoldrecurringfiguresofreligioushistory，whocanbeappealedtobythecreedandjudgedbyit；
thesaint，thehypocrite，thebrawler，theweakbrother。Thesepeopledoeachothergood；ortheyalljointogethertodothehypocritegood，withheavyandrepeatedblows。Butoncebreakthebondofdoctrinewhichaloneholdsthesepeopletogetherandeachwillgravitatetohisownkindoutsidethegroup。Thehypocriteswillallgettogetherandcalleachothersaints；thesaintswillgetlostinadesertandcallthemselvesweakbrethren；theweakbrethrenwillgetweakerandweakerinageneralatmosphereofimbecility；andthebrawlerwillgoofflookingforsomebodyelsewithwhomtobrawl。
ThishasverylargelyhappenedtomodernEnglishreligion；Ihavebeeninmanychurches，chapels，andhallswhereaconfidentprideinhavinggotbeyondcreedswascoupledwithquiteaparalysedincapacitytogetbeyondcatchwords。Butwhereverthefalsityappearsitcomesfromneglectofthesametruth:thatmenshouldagreeonaprinciple，thattheymaydifferoneverythingelse；thatGodgavemenalawthattheymightturnitintoliberties。
Therewashugelymoresenseintheoldpeoplewhosaidthatawifeandhusbandoughttohavethesamereligionthanthereisinallthecontemporarygushingaboutsistersoulsandkindredspiritsandaurasofidenticalcolour。Asamatteroffact，themorethesexesareinviolentcontrastthelesslikelytheyaretobeinviolentcollision。Themoreincompatibletheirtempersarethebetter。Obviouslyawife\'ssoulcannotpossiblybeasistersoul。Itisveryseldomsomuchasafirstcousin。