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be at variance with the clear and undeniable conclusions 

 deducible from other and independent sources. If the 

 letter does not announce a particular fact revealed in 

 the works of the creation, a true believer will imme- 

 diately infer that the letter (though it have the au- 

 thority of inspiration) was not intended to teach that 

 fact. When the philologist has ably interpreted the 

 letter, the aid of the natural historian may still be 

 needed before the divine can safely pronounce upon 

 the exact scope and meaning of the instruction which 

 it was intended to convey. 



