#and the debate between him and Horatio about whether this text is so not-confusing as all THAT

[sanguinarysanguinity]

Everyone who has had Experience in teaching, must be fully convinced, that a methodical Manner of delivering any Science, is the only Way of rendering it intelligible, and that if this be neglected, the Ideas acquired from such a confused Manner of Instruction, will at best be but faint and languid. For this Reason I have been very careful to compose this Work in a regular Method, that the Learner as he proceeds may have a true Idea of the Subject, and, without Confusion, become a complete Master of the whole A R T.

John Barrow, Navigatio Britannica, or, A Complete System of Navigation