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CONTENTS.

 

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1. CHAPTER I.

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3. Summary of the Life of Mohammed, comprising the origin and progress of the grand Eastern Apostasy, with the causes that contributed to its success;—the state of Islamism on the Death of its Author, and under his Successors the Caliphs ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. CHAPTER II.

5. Success considered abstractedly affords no criterion of a divine original:—Christianity and Islamism contrasted:—the success of the former shown to be miraculous, and that of the latter accounted for on ordinary principles, consonant with prophecy, and will ultimately prove beneficial to truth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. CHAPTER III.

7. Some account of the Koran:—citations illustrative of its distinguishing tenets and style:—its literary character and merits discussed ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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