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Excerpt from The Eclectic Review, 1822
That the excavated dwelling which is shewn as the residence of Joseph and Mary, was really theirs, is, says Mr. Bucking ham, quite as probable' as that it should have been the dwell in; of any other family. Granted. That is to say, there is a chance, which a good mathematician might calculate, that it was theirs. To this chance, Tradition can add nothing of the least weight as evidence, since this same Tradition, by our Author's own shewing in the instance of the Mountain of Precipitation, is roved to be an incurable dotard; absolutely nothing, unless it e the further chance, that out of a thousand falsehoods from the lips of the same notorious liar, one story may be true. Whether the friars themselves believe what they so confidently assert, is nothing to the purpose. In a Protestant, it must be a state of mind only a shade removed from total disbelief, which we should deem warranted by the degree of probability arising from this compound chance ol' the thing's being true. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
