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proof among other [word crossed out] evidence of the
existence of a God. The perversion of
an original truth does not affect this
argument. For what else are idols or
ficticive deities, but an expansion of the
innate idea or I may say want in
the human mind of some supreme being
You may rest assured whatever some others
may assert to the contrary, there is no nation
so deeply sunk & ignorant, not even the
miserable [word crossed out] savages of this Country
as not to have some notion, however indistinct
of a being a Spirit higher & greater than
man. A close inquiry will usually
confirm this. But of course, infidels
avoid these more careful & deeper in-
quiries.
But let me now tell you that I have
ascertained something more than this
respecting the belief of the Aborigans & I
am not alone. They have besides a notion
of a superior being who is altogether good
in their ideas. I find the Revd. Mr Pridly

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