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document is absolutely unworthy of serious judicial notice
if a portion of it is proved to be a forgery. But here we
go a step farther for the said addition to the original text
is admitted to be such even by those who speak of its
genuineness.
But let us take the prophecy as it stands. I need not
say that it speaks of things at which ordinary common sense
can guess, seeing that the events foretold are always occur-
ring from time to time in the course of nature. Pestilence
and war, famine and earthquakes have visited the world
so often that a mention of them in a prophecy as a sign
of its authenticity would deprive it of any importance it
might otherwise possess. Besides, the first followers of a
new faith are sure to meet with persecution, especially if
they chance to be of inferior social position. But apart
if a portion of it is proved to be a forgery. But here we
go a step farther for the said addition to the original text
is admitted to be such even by those who speak of its
genuineness.
But let us take the prophecy as it stands. I need not
say that it speaks of things at which ordinary common sense
can guess, seeing that the events foretold are always occur-
ring from time to time in the course of nature. Pestilence
and war, famine and earthquakes have visited the world
so often that a mention of them in a prophecy as a sign
of its authenticity would deprive it of any importance it
might otherwise possess. Besides, the first followers of a
new faith are sure to meet with persecution, especially if
they chance to be of inferior social position. But apart