Excerpt from The Ten Commandments in the Nineteenth Century A great philosopher has said that the mind must be filled with awe when one contemplates either the Universe or the Ten Commandments. The psalmist saw the glory of God alike in the heavens and in the law. Given in the early dawn Of civilization, this law has not been left behind in the advance Of the race, but still stands far ahead beckoning on the centuries. Its perfection is a sufficient evidence Of its divine origin. Each commandment is an authoritative state ment of a fundamental principle of human nature. I send forth this book with the great design of help ing men to see the glory of God, and our own nobility, as set forth in this law Of our being. 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.