Matters of no more seeming consequence in themselves than, "_Whether my father should have taken off his wig with his right hand or with his left_," ----have divided the greatest kingdoms, and made the crowns of the monarchs who governed them, to totter upon their heads. 
Matters of no more seeming consequence than 'Whether my father should have taken off his wig with his right hand or his left,' have divided the greatest kingdoms, and made their monarchs' crowns totter upon their heads.
