Alternate preconceived conclusion: All three contributed a lot and there’s no way to settle the question. That’s because I think arguing about which of the three did the most is tiresome.
And there are whole strings of kindred questions to which you can only get an honest answer from someone who is indifferent to the whole subject involved, and whose opinion on it is probably worthless in any case.
Alternate preconceived conclusion: All three contributed a lot and there’s no way to settle the question. That’s because I think arguing about which of the three did the most is tiresome.
The very next sentence is, in fact,