meant to
illustrate
the fault
of which
it speaks.
It does so
by the use
of a
construction
very
common in
German,
but
happily
unknown in
English;
where,
however,
the fault
itself
exists
none the
less,
though in
different
form. But
this style
of writing
becomes
the height
of
absurdity
when the
paren-
thesis are
not even
fitted
into the
frame of
the
sentence,
but wedged
in so as
directly
to shatter
it. If,
for
instance,
it is an
impertinent
