If then I am addressing one of that numerous class, who read to be told what to think, let me advise you to meddle with the book no further. You wish to buy a house ready furnished: do not come to look for it in a stonequarry. But if you are building up your opinions for yourself, and only want to be provided with materials, you may meet with many things in these pages to suit you.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If then I am addressing one of that numerous class, who read to be told what to think, let me advise you to meddle with the book no further. You wish to buy a house ready furnished: do not come to look for it in a stonequarry. But if you are building up your opinions for yourself, and only want to be provided with materials, you may meet with many things in these pages to suit you." in the context of "Julius Hare, Guesses at Truth (London: Macmillan and Co., 1871), To the Reader, p. xiii. First published in 1827." to mean that wisdom is timeless.