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sions plainly without realising that in some quarters Book in 

 violent objections will be taken to them ; nor is it 

 difficult to see on what grounds the objections will 

 rest. These shall accordingly be discussed in the 

 next chapter ; and it shall be shown that the 

 conclusions to which our inquiry has brought us 

 thus far really contain in them nothing inconsistent 

 with the sentiments, or incompatible with the objects, 

 of even those extreme reformers who will certainly 

 feel impelled to attack them. 



