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Excerpt from The History of the Origin and First Ten Years of the British and Foreign Bible Society, Vol. 2 Friends of the Institution at Fort William were subjected, with regard to the patronage and Encouragement of its plans, in British India. During the continuance of these impediments to an open and avowed co-operation, recourse was had to such measures as, without engaging the attention, and thereby exciting the displeasure, of the Government, might rescue the plan of translating the Scriptures into the languages of the East from the extermination with which it was threatenedfi. 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.