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Excerpt from Landmarks of History; Ancient History: From the Earliest Times to the Mahometan Conquest The universe was made by Almighty God, who placed the sun amid the stars, with the planets circling round him in their courses. Our earth is the third planet in distance from the sun, and though small among the other Spheres, and as nothing amid the multitudes in infinite space, yet the great Creator has watched over it, and directed all its changes. By these changes, it was gradually fitted to be the abode of the present race of animals, and of man, the master of them all, like them in having a body of esh, but made in the image of God, since he possesses an immortal soul. One man and one woman were first created to be the parents of the human kind; and as long as they were obedient, they lived in a state of perfect happiness, of which the world has never lost the memory, but has kept up a dim recollection of glad times of perfect peace and favour with God. 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.