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things, the Protestant population augments 

 much more rapidly in the New World than the 

 catholic ; and it is probable that, notwithstand- 

 ing the state of prosperity to which independ- 

 ence, the progress of reason, and free institu- 

 tions will raise Spanish America, Brazil, and 

 the island of Haiti, the relation of 1 to 2 will, in 

 less than half a century, be considerably modi- 

 fied in favour of protestant communities. Ad- 

 mitting a total population in Europe of 198 

 millions, we may compute nearly 103 millions 

 of Roman Catholics, 38 millions who follow 

 the Greek worship, 52 millions of Protestants, 

 and 5 millions of Mahometans. The numeri- 

 cal relation of the Protestants to the members 

 of the Roman Catholic and Greek churches, is 

 consequently, by approximation, as 1 :2~ 0 . This 

 relation between the Protestants and Roman 

 Catholics is the same in Europe and in Ameri- 

 ca. The tables we collect at the end of this 

 chapter, have a close connexion with each other; 

 for in every zone, the difference of race and ori- 

 gin, the individuality of language, and the state 

 of domestic liberty, have a powerful influence 

 on the dispositions of men for particular forms 

 of worship. 



