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Excerpt from An Analysis of Bp; Butler's Analogy of Religion: Natural and Revealed to the Constitution Course of Nature The Analogy of Bishop Butler is confessedly difficult of apprehension to the ordinary reader. To be understood at all, it requires much thought and study; and he who thinks of making himself master of the work, without devoting his best energies to the task, will probably find that his time has been spent to no purpose. This must be attributed in part, no doubt, to the abstract nature of the subjects discussed, and to the subtilty of the arguments employed: but partly also to the obscurity of the style, which arises from the great anxiety of the writer to guard against every objection, both open and latent, which could possibly be urged by an opponent. It is hoped therefore that this attempt to render the analogy more generally accessible, may not be deemed either unnecessary or presumptions. 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.