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Philosophy cannot raise the commonalty up to her level: so, if she

Philosophy cannot raise the commonalty up to her level: so, if she is to become popular, she must sink to theirs. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers

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