The one is that which conveys the impression that only a limited amount of spiritual influence was communicated to prophetic men, and that from them it could be conveyed to others.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
On this passage Mr. Cairnes observes:-If to look forward to such a state of things as an ideal to be striven for is socialism, I at once acknowledge myself a socialist; but it seems to me that the idea which 'socialism' conveys to most minds is not that of any particular form of society to be realized at a future time when the character of human beings and the conditions of human life are widely different from what they now are, but rather certain modes of action, more especially the employment of the powers of the State for the instant accomplishment of ideal schemes, which is the invariable attribute of all projects generally regarded as socialistic.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
It conveys, nevertheless, a truth deeply rooted in the author's mind: that the foundation of a real love can never be shaken.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr