Part I. Inharmony of Nature and the Lot of Man with the Goodness and
Wisdom of a supposed Deity--Why a Creator is Imagined--Difficulty of the Act of Creation--Belief in Supernatural Beings--Belief and Worship among Savages--Questions of Origin and Destiny--Progress impossible without Change of Belief--Circumstances Determining Belief--How may the True Religion be Ascertained?--Prosp...