However much Hazlitt hoped it would be his masterpiece, it was not merely a financial failure but, as was eventually demonstrated, a hodge-podge of mostly borrowed materials, poorly integrated, only about a fifth consisting of Hazlitt's own words.
It would be his masterpiece. This was what Hazlitt hoped. It was not merely a financial failure but, as was eventually demonstrated, a hodge-podge of mostly borrowed materials, only about a fifth consisting of Hazlitt's own words. This was poorly integrated.