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I think that Dr. Rule has proved his point fully and completely, and that 
Moses did not borrow his monotheism. 
Dr. Rule. — I will not consume a minute in what I have to say. In 
page 2 of my paper I instance the tradition which Mr. Howard supposed I 
had forgotten. I avoided most distinctly all that I might have said about 
Persia and so forth, because I wished to confine my observations to the point 
with which my paper deals. I also avoided speculations as to traditions and 
words which I conceive to be utterly useless and idle, and because there is 
no end to these speculations, and things without an end are exceedingly 
unpleasant. I have now only to thank you for the courtesy with which you 
have listened to me. 
The meeting was then adjourned. 
