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Art. XXII.—The Chinese on the Plain of Shinar, or a connection established between the Chinese and all other Nations through their Theology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2011

T. M'Clatchie
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Extract

No one who takes the trouble to investigate the various Mythological systems of the Heathen world, can fail to be struck with the very remarkable similarity which exists between them. To account for this similarity is an interesting, and, at first sight, a difficult undertaking.

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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 16 , January 1856 , pp. 368 - 435
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1856

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1 We have here an instance of the very different meaning attached to the same word by the Heathen and by Christians. By the Omnipresence of God, the former mean that he is present in all things, whereas we mean by that term that all things are present to God.