If yo', sir, or any other knowledgable, patient man comes to me, and says he'll larn me what the words mean, and not blow me up if I'm a bit stupid, or forget how one thing hangs on another--why, in time I may get to see the truth of it; or I may not. 
If yo', sir, or any other knowledgable, patient man can teach me what the words mean, and not blow me up if I'm a bit stupid - why, in time I may get to see the truth of it; or I may not. 