Excerpt from The Bible Significance of East and West: Or Is the Dawn Appearing De Quincy suggests that, "He who reveals a body of truth to a candid and willing auditory is content with the grand simplicities of truth in the quality of his proofs. And truth when it happens to be of a high order is generally its own witness to all who approach it in the spirit of childlike docility." It is hoped that you, the Reader, whether you be Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Hebrew, will approach this book in this spirit This is in no sense a denominational Book, and has to do only with Historical and Geographical facts. Scientific men ask for facts. Here are Geographical and Historical facts proving the Inspiration of the Scriptures and the doctrine of the Atonement. 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.