Excerpt from Encyclopaedia Americana, Vol. 9: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present TimeEntered, cording to the Act of Coupon, in the you 1832, by ca! No Ln, In the Clerk'o 0600 of the District Court of the Eaten District of Penn-¿unk.corruptions of paganism. Notwithstand ing the errors into which they were fre quent] led by the example of the nations aroun them, they still preserved the idea of one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, till, from their view of Jehovah, whom they regarded and adored, for the most part, only as the original God of the chosen people, was unfolded the purer and more comprehensive monotheism of Christianity.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.