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cond — that to Noah must be ascribed the original idea, 

 the presiding mind, the benevolent purpose ; that this 

 preacher of righteousness was, in short, " the first to 

 establish a system of weights and measures for the nse of 

 all mankind based upon the measure of the earth." We 

 need scarcely add that Mr. Taylor's volume deserves the 

 attention of all biblical students — and, indeed, of all who 

 would penetrate the mysteries which envelope the origin 

 of the Pyramids of Gizeh. 



A Class Book of English Prose, comprehending Speci- 

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The present Class Book, in which the great prose 

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Books Received. — 



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