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  PRIMEVAL 
  MAN. 
  

  

  also 
  most 
  justly 
  calls 
  it, 
  does 
  terrible 
  work 
  

   indeed. 
  It 
  is 
  the 
  mother 
  and 
  the 
  nurse 
  

   of 
  all 
  the 
  horrible 
  inventions 
  of 
  Idolatry, 
  

   Through 
  its 
  operation 
  have 
  arisen, 
  from 
  time 
  

   to 
  time, 
  all 
  the 
  diabolical 
  rites 
  which 
  have 
  

   degraded, 
  and 
  do 
  still 
  degrade, 
  so 
  many 
  

   tribes 
  of 
  men 
  far 
  below 
  the 
  level 
  of 
  the 
  

   brutes. 
  But 
  irrational 
  as 
  the 
  superstitions 
  

   of 
  heathen 
  nations 
  may 
  appear 
  to 
  be, 
  and 
  

   even 
  inconceivable 
  in 
  a 
  Being 
  who 
  is 
  capable 
  

   of 
  reason, 
  it 
  should 
  never 
  be 
  forgotten 
  that 
  

   this 
  is 
  true 
  only 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  developments 
  of 
  

   Idolatry, 
  and 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  true 
  of 
  its 
  

   first 
  beginnings. 
  On 
  the 
  contrary, 
  these 
  are 
  

   among 
  the 
  most 
  natural 
  of 
  all 
  spiritual 
  

   temptations, 
  and 
  perhaps 
  the 
  most 
  difficult 
  

   to 
  resist. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  the 
  Commandments 
  

  

  