Excerpt from Primeval Man: The Origin, Declension, and Restoration of the Race; Spiritual Revealings We are, however, not on that account anxious to insist on its truth, or claim to infallibility; for, be the mode of production what it may, it is certain that the words were heard by the ear of nature, and it is the hand of dust that has written them down. Flesh is flesh, and spirit is spirit; they blend in nature, yet it is but a natural effect that can be produced. There fore, it is our desire to caution every reader of this book that he judge of it by his own intuitive percep tion of what is truth; not allowing the manner of its production to have any weight in the balance of his decision upon it. Truth cannot be made more true by any amount of asseveration; neither can that which is untrue be made pure undefiled verity by the impli cation of a miracle in its enunciation. 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.