"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"". [‎٣‎٧] (٣٩٠/٥٨)

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^ objects of their religious reverence, because
they considered them as the purest symbols,
the noblest productions, and the most powerful
agents of the divine power and nature.
s | " Every mode of religion, to make a deep
o _ and lasting impression on the human mind,
p must exercise our obedience by enjoining prac-
^ tices ol devotion for which we can assign no
1( | reason; and must acquire our esteem by incul-
eating moral duties analogous to the dictates
ar of our own hearts. The religion of Zoroaster
ps was a ^ un( i an tly provided with the former, and
possessed a sufficient portion of the latter. At
^ tlie a g e of puberty the faithful Persian was in-
vested with a mysterious girdle, the badge of
^ ie divine protection ; and from that moment
all the actions of his life, even the most indif-
| ie ferent or the most necessary, were sanctified
the ^ their peculiar prayers, ejaculations, or genu-
the Actions; the omission of which, under any
o-e, circumstances, was a grievous sin, not inferior
icb 111 Y i 0 i a tioii of the moral duties.
3I0 mora ^ duties, however, of justice, mercy,
uid i ^erality, &c., were, in their turn, required of
the ^eipl® of Zoroaster who wished to escape