On the other hand, Silas Finn, with his enthusiasms, and his aspect of an inspired prophet, made alarming progress.
No one would ever have called him emotional, or prone to enthusiasms of a weak kind, and yet he was by no means hard of heart.
To fall a victim to enthusiasms so raw, so unprofitable from any point of view, was hard. And as to this move to London, he thought he foresaw the certain end of it.