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Excerpt from The Power of the Eye in Coleridge
Of its falsehood than of its truth, from the great number and wide dispersion of celebrated indi viduals, of the highest rank in science, Who have joined in attesting its truth; especially as the largest part of these great men were for a long time its open Opponents, and all, with the single exception of Cuvier, its avowed disbelievers. Add to this that as an article of entertainment, and as throwing a new light on the oracles and mysteries of Greek, Roman, and Egyptian Paganism, it would not be easy to point out its rival. These are the grounds on which I rest my continued recommendation of such an article as well worthy the attention of the con ductors of your great work. One other motive will not be without its weight in your mind. I have some grounds for believing that a work of this kind is in contemplation by persons from whose hands it ought, if possible, to be rescued by anticipation, as it will, I know, be a main object with them to use the facts in order to undermine the divine character of the Gospel history, and the superhuman powers of its great founder; a scheme which can be rendered plausible only by misstatements, exaggeration, and the confounding of testimonies - those of fanatics and enthusiasts with the sober results of guarded experiment, given in by men of science and authority.'21.
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