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  QUESTION 
  OF 
  TIME. 
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  always 
  been 
  much 
  doubt 
  and 
  difficulty, 
  and 
  

   that 
  similar 
  data 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  three 
  

   existing 
  versions 
  of 
  the 
  Old 
  Testament, 
  — 
  

   the 
  Hebrew, 
  the 
  Samaritan, 
  and 
  the 
  Septua- 
  

   gint, 
  — 
  give 
  results 
  which 
  vary 
  from 
  each 
  

   other, 
  not 
  by 
  years, 
  or 
  even 
  by 
  tens 
  of 
  

   years, 
  but 
  by 
  many 
  centuries. 
  Where 
  differ- 
  

   ences 
  exist 
  of 
  such 
  magnitude, 
  no 
  confidence 
  

   can 
  be 
  felt 
  in 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  results. 
  It 
  seems 
  

   more 
  than 
  questionable 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  history 
  

   of 
  Man 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Old 
  Testament 
  either 
  is, 
  

   or 
  was 
  intended 
  to 
  be, 
  a 
  complete 
  history, 
  or 
  

   more 
  than 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  typical 
  men 
  and 
  of 
  

   typical 
  generations. 
  At 
  all 
  events, 
  it 
  would 
  

   be 
  worse 
  than 
  idle 
  to 
  deny 
  that 
  this, 
  ques- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  Time 
  comes 
  naturally 
  and 
  necessarily 
  

   within 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  scientific 
  investigation, 
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  in 
  

  

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