In the case of these _knots_ then, and of the several obstructions, which, may it please your reverences, such knots cast in our way in getting through life----every hasty man can whip out his penknife and cut through them. 
In the case of these knots, and of the obstructions such knots cast in our way through life - every hasty man can whip out his penknife and cut through them.
