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in a future state of existence for those so pre¬ 
eminently favoured by the gods.” 
That such a deadly and Satanic delusion 
should be implanted and fostered in the minds 
of a naturally amiable, hospitable, and intelligent 
race can only be accounted for by the belief 
of the sacred source from which it sprang, 
i.e., the mandate of Oro; and its destruction 
by the advances of civilisation had a profound 
effect on the minds of those who had witnessed 
the terrible deeds perpetrated when the Society 
Islands lay under the terror of the Areois. 
