, 1879-05-17
too remote for us to discover, performs It's rovo-

too remote for us TO discover, performs It's rcvo.
II l,as been 30 often said as 10 have become
mass OF rtbaldry. The work, however,
Is A VERY aER1ous ONE,
md the scntcnces have quoted arc chnracters-
tic Of It's aplrl: In pnt'cntlY going through tho
Old md New Tcskaments, anil examining nnrra-
tIycs for which literal inspiration was claim
Sd, it was Impo.sto'e I' not to po!nt out primi.
mado salient amid modern customs and
ideae. There arc, few instances IN
Witch Palnn .dwells unon tte absurtltty
which is presented 70 h!s mlnd.-!n onc or two
Of the people coming out Of their graves md
walking about Jerusalem, according to Matthew,
but l know of no similar Investigation IN
which the wrltcr's mind Is 40 generally fixed
hood, and 50 rarely addicted 10 riiicuic Few
will deny THO difficulty, howayer rcvercnt thc
rcciter, Of rctating tho story Of Jonah aud the
whale without rauelng smile. ralno'S smilo
%od hs hsvs sser to 'sc @ aee
II Jonah had swallowed Tho whalc elsewhere,
that, II credulity could swallow .lonah and the
whale, It could swallow anything. But, after
t9i ios HIM. "asanl fS,proas e t9s rnalry
over three pages Of criticsm on the Book Of
Jonah, not only grave md careful, but prcsent-
Ing perhaps thc earliest appreciation Of the
moral elevation and largo aim OF that much
neglected legend.
4 great many snecrs have been directed
against Paine because Of the fact mentioned by
himself. with hts usual natvctc, TINT. when he
wrote Part /. OF the "Ago Of 1scason," ho had
circumstance is not without its more impress
stvo Significance. Palno had already received
intimation that his arrest was certain and
near, The gnilottnc was Within tile shad.
ow ono eG,s sn4.tv ao0I a Sfo.uhe eis "1s but
brance TINT s,c had not yet written scnteuce Of
that testimony ngatnst superstition which had
been gathering the Importance OF his final duty
to mnnkind. For ordinary purposes he had no
lifo fed on little else; ho Ind now TO run n race
with tho faction Of Robeapcrrc. This book wng
written during the few days Of liberty rasnaln-
Ing to him, a1d SIX hours aftcr thu last sentence
addased Id W. the % nrotecon 3 q pV tne sizas
OF Tho United States," managed to get It into
tho hands OF Joel Barlow, and, as soon a. ha
could got pen and paper, began In prison Part
forc, OF the book vaa written BY man Who be-
licvcd that death was near a,ld certatu. Part II.
Tas destined, however, to b. published when he
bad become freet md Was nb1t to refer to chap
tor and verse T!th fallncss md accuracy whlen
reserved allusions Of the 6rst production. Mr..
forkc, q rell-knoHn EnGlishman OF the time,
Hho visited him ln Paris, wrote: "Thc Bible
is tho only book which ho hns studied, ind
thcrefs
NOT VERSE IN IT TINT IS NOT FAMILIAR TO
po,no, III. oboun,, HIM, IN :,,c, ,,,,o,,. incidents,
and Instances Of luck, that, at somewhat
been supposed under the protection Of
ne Devil for q term. The incident
& e. M xo Tas oonsd sS fS fgaa oR 1 e% sn ap1
ing which hls trscnsibfllty for mouth Drovent-
cd further proceedings a9atnst hin; and, when
he was at liberty, he engaged passage for
America In vessel commasnued by Commodore
cutnstanccs, which saved his life, for the vessel
French notifies. lie VIVA rcrsvn@ :xcrS iow W." ~.
uroaches rom Eupinnd bccauso II his I. N9c of
Reasnn rnny 6f hia SnrInsr friond. i,avIno No
turned ngainst him. Tha ertors frnn1 4 msr,c55
wore Us Yet few. The neglect Of hitn IN hts dis.
tie friendshin Of fhe new prsstiunt. .TcfYcrsnn,I
who had oifcrcd him nm American s',tn In With
to rctrlrn. The suiiertnrs md feTsr ,yh,c., hn
lad undergone In t,risou hadsedonsiy innairnd
his hrn1th nnd - strenoth. n1ead H. ,,a.or ~"
covered tl,ea, M again he moro tban m eycr % nit. IT.
urrd America M thc nne nrrfmt lunh ~ .
indv who wrote tn hin, rom Nav Ynrit' hc ~
r,ijcd: Yoit toncb mo m a verv trndrr mini
when you eny that ny friends On your slao lie
fHGNnH1Irn
ahnn1oninSs hmcricn' cvcn for nv nv % n,t,vn " ~. ~
eia,,l. TiIcy aro rirht. / Ind rathnr scc M, nv
horss. Bntton. entin3r Tie prass ~ Rarnsr' orn 1
or Mn,r.ania than T.. w., nn,.n ", n,,s 'a
~ Enrnnr Rut ,nrr,h;" sanna ",,u nm"w
owaItcI him. Whnn II, rrt,,rneI f. A.. .rIna II
was Ia Ind most n n ri. oId frrnd. tnrnst1 ~ ~
ane,nes. The ycry 1ny w Who had 80 vd,ten ~
and hsr hnsh"n rsf."d ", r,codws nu a. H..
at Tho Are ~ 2eaznn. Wbich n"w s'S ha hns
cnmc thn horror ~ of ovcsv nu1n,t Ia pan,,,ci
a,iom. n Tsn;omfn Tfn.h ma ~ nn-,. oas1 WaaS
jnrtnn. would have mothtn,| IN ~ via, hi,n
liz Fcderaists of The Nnrtb WIN ,vishcd i''I., -
mo.s the iIn1tc1 stntc, o.o,hnr "uE E,an MsuSo ~
hntnd nyerrthne French drnaIeI him VIZ tla
sIarehoders Of liz soutb hnd hc"n .1ara,od ,t nt
III nav,u,s - '"o N'0u'' A"a 'se" a'a'Hea "
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WRITTEN ABOUT TIE ABOLITION or s1AyERT:
~ We must push that matter furtler on your
side Of the water. wish TINT q few wcll.iu-
stsuctca negroes could be sent among tlieir
ablcd to tako their own part, nothing win be-
done."t The Nation which he lad LETT glorltlcd
By enthusiasm for Liberty Ind sunk to thn
work Of protecting Slavery; secta,Iauism md
dogmntism, having lost their utlcieut sllpports
II, tho GtOta xyora indu.t+t,r.ls r.rinnnr - sks.-