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   of making a history, but solely a book   
   to amuse; he is the only writer of his time; the beauty of the work has made   
   it last, every one learns it and talks of it, it is necessary to know it,   
   and each one knows it by heart. Four hundred years afterwards the witnesses   
   of these facts are no longer alive, no one knows of his own knowledge if it   
   be a fable or a history; one has only learnt it from his ancestors, and this   
   can pass for truth.   
      
   Every history which is not contemporaneous, as the books of the Sibyls and   
   Trismegistus, and so many others which have been believed by the world, are   
   false, and found to be false in the course of time. It is not so with   
   contemporaneous writers.   
      
   There is a great difference between a book which an individual writes and   
   publishes to a nation, and a book which itself creates a nation. We cannot   
   doubt that the book is as old as the people.   
      
   629. Josephus hides the shame of his nation.   
      
   Moses does not hide his own shame.   
      
   Quis mihi det ut omnes prophetent?112   
      
   He was weary of the multitude.   
      
   630. The sincerity of the Jews.--Maccabees, after they had no more prophets;   
   the Masorah, since Jesus Christ.   
      
   This book will be a testimony for you.   
      
   Defective and final letters.   
      
   Sincere against their honour, and dying for it; this has no example in   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)