controversies of the day, and undeviatingly to aim at one end only—namely, to get right down to the bottom of the facts. I wish to make use of this privilege at this present time. But one thing must certainly be clearly said in advance, for no misunderstanding must be allowed to arise on this head. The former conviction which for many still remains unshaken in respect to the supernatural origin of the Bible, especially of the New Testament, science cannot share. For science itself has destroyed that
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