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Excerpt from An Essay on the Authenticity of the Book of Daniel Bayle and Voltaire, when the passions it engen dered found their pretext in the intolerance of opposition. That stage has died out it is too foreign to the modern mind. But it is much to be wished that the stage of abuse which has replaced and succeeded it should also perish. I have had oc casion to allude to this habit once or twice in the course of this Essay. If experience proves that the Bible can be discussed reverently and philosophically in the same breath, there should be but scanty exception to so good a rule. Reason would then be found at least respecting where it did not always justify the veneration paid by reli gions feeling to the Sacred Volume. My respectful thanks are due to the University authorities for permitting me to expand certain Sections of the original ms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.