h the enlightenment or
ignorance or debasement of those by whom it had been originally
embraced. The rapid and universal degeneracy of the early Asiatic
churches is associated with the decline of education and the
intellectual decay of the communities among whom they were
established."--_Tennent's Christianity in Ceylon_, p. 273. For the
influence of Mohammedanism on the revival of letters in Europe, see
Andres, Origine di ogni litteratura. Jourdain, Recherches critiques
sur les traductions latines d'Aristote. Schmoelders, Ecoles
philosophiques entre les Arabes. Forster, Mohammedanism Unveiled.
Urquhart, Pillars of Hercules. Lecky's Rationalism, II., 284.

[N] "Quid igitur nos antecellimus? Num ingenio, doctrina, morum
moderatione illos superamus? Nequaquam. Sed vera Dei agnitione,
invocatione et celebratione praestamus."--_Melancthon_, quoted by
Feuerbach, Essence of Christianity (Eng. tr.) p. 284. He also cites
the passage from Luther.

[O] Rabbi Wise's remarks may be found in the Report of the Free
Religious Association for 1869, p. 118. For Swaamee Narain, see
Heber's Journal, II., 109-121 (Am. ed.). For Ram Mohun Roy, see his
translation of the Sama Veda (Calcutta, 1816), his two tracts on the
burning of widows (Calcutta, 1818, 1820), and other pamphlets. Victor
Jacquemont wrote of him from Calcutta in 1830, "Il n'est pas Chretien,
quoi qu'on en dise.... Les honnetes Anglais l'execrent parce que,
disent-ils, c'est un affreux deiste."--_Letters_, I., 288.

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The following amendments have been made:

Page 4--Budhhism amended to Buddhism--"... read Buddha,
and you have Buddhism; ..."

Page 4, footnote B--valuble amended to valuable--"The
Parsee creed is given as above in a valuable article
..."

Page 9, footnote D--omitted closing bracket added--"...
(tr. by Goodwin, I., 293)."

Page 13--omitted opening quote added (cross-checked
against a different edition)--"... description of
Patroclus furnishes "language which might convey ...""

Page 15, footnote J--Mohamedanism amended to
Mohammedanism--"... fails to check theft, but
Mohammedanism stops it entirely ..."

Page 15, footnote J--s amended to is--"... is at hand,
when the white curs shall pass away, ..."

Page 20--omitted closing quote added (cross-checked
against a different edition)--""... has always
been accustomed," says the Roman Catholic Digby, ..."