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Style of building one of our
sources of kn. [knowledge] of climate, cond-
-ition &c. [etc.] of a country & people
People of Siam – Arabia –
Switzerland, England, &c. [etc.]

— [centered]

Religious structures – or t. [the] want
of them esp. [especially] speak volumes.
No temples = Fetichists [Fetishists], Indians, Britons, &c. [etc.]

Grotesque ones = Most pagans, Budhists [Buddhists].

Splendid ones = Mohammedans, &
Greeks &c [etc.] – Catholics &c. [etc.]
— [centered]
The more cultivated, refined, &
Spiritual men become – they
think less of pomp & noise & dis-
-play in worship.

[written lightly in pencil]
Earliest worship in Bible &c. [etc.]
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We have worshiped out of doors – under
trees – in tabernacles – amid all
changes – & to-day [today] are here &c. [etc.] ~