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from other sources — that long before the Call 

 of Abraham, that is to say, long before the 

 twentieth century B.C., the Human Race had 

 been increasing and multiplying on the earth 

 from such ancient days that in many regions, 

 far removed from the centre of their dis- 

 persion, great nations had arisen, powerful and 

 civilized governments had been established. 



So far, then, we have the light of History 

 shining with comparative clearness over a 

 period of 2,000 years before the Christian 

 era. Beyond that we have a twilight tract 

 of time which may be roughly estimated at 

 700 years — a period of time lying in the 

 dawn of History, at the very beginning 

 of which we can dimly see that there were 

 already Kings and Princes on the earth. 



