"رحلة أوترام وهافلوك في بلاد فارس، بقلم النقيب ج. هـ. هانت، ٧٨ هايلاندرز. يوجد في المقدمة ملخص عن التاريخ الفارسي، تقرير عن الاختلافات المتعددة بين إنجلترا وبلاد فارس واستفسار عن أصل الحرب السابقة. بقلم جورج تاونسيند، مؤلف كتاب "ملخص أوروبا الحديثة لراسل"". [‎٣‎٣] (٣٩٠/٥٤)

ancient times.
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Mohsan Pani, was that which Newton calls the
oldest of all religions—a firm belief that one
supreme God made the world by His power,
and continually governed it by Ilis providence;
a pious fear, love, and adoration of Ilim ; a due
reverence for parents and aged persons ; a fra
ternal affection for the whole human species;
and a compassionate tenderness even for the
brute creation."
Every form of idolatry is believed by certain
writers to be an imitation or a corruption of
some system of revealed religion; and upon
this principle the fire-worship of the Persians
is traced to the miracle of God revealing Him
self to Moses in the burning bush. Thus truth
became deteriorated, and the manifestation of
supreme power to one part of the human race
was converted by others into an odious species
of idolatry.
This system, which gradually assumed form
and pressure amongst them, has been thus elo
quently described by the author of "The Decline
and Pall of the Roman Empire" :—" The great
and fundamental article of the system was the
celebrated doctrine of the two principles ; a
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