![I had gradually come, by this time [1839-01], to see that the Old Testament from its manifestly false history of the world, with the Tower of Babel, the rainbow as a sign, etc., etc. and from its attributing to God the feelings of a revengeful tyrant, was no more to be trusted than the sacred books of the Hindoos, or the beliefs of any barbarian.](/assets/img/quote-photos/i-had-gradually-come-by-this-time-1839-01-to-see-that-the-old-testament-from.jpg)
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