agnosticism

• Mr . morse bitterly arraigned the english philosopher s agnosticism , but confessed that he had not read " first principles " ; while mr . butler stated that he had no patience with spencer , had never read a line of him , and had managed to get along quite well without him
  莫尔斯先生狠狠地责难了这位英国哲学家的不可知论一番，却承认他并未读过首要原理巴特勒先生则说他没有耐心读斯宾塞。他的书他一个字也没读过，而且没有地照样过得不错。