forhehasonlytolookabouthimintheworldtofindthattheworkwhichheattributestoanall-wise，all-beneficent，andall-powerfulCreatorisbynomeansfreefromevilandwrong。
Butthisanalogylongescapeshim，andtheexponentofeachgreatreligionprovestohisownsatisfaction，andtotheedificationofhisfellows，thattheirownsacredliteratureisabsolutelyaccurateinstatement，infinitelyprofoundinmeaning，andmiraculouslyperfectinform。Fromthesepremisesalsohearrivesattheconclusionthathisownsacredliteratureisunique；thatnoothersacredbookcanhaveemanatedfromadivinesource；andthatallothersclaimingtobesacredareimpostures。
Stillanotherlawgoverningtheevolutionofsacredliteratureineverygreatworldreligionis，thatwhenthebookswhichcomposeitareonceselectedandgroupedtheycometoberegardedasafinalcreationfromwhichnothingcanbetakenaway，andofwhichevenerrorinform，ifsanctionedbytradition，maynotbechanged。
Theworkingofthislawhasrecentlybeenseenonalargescale。
Afewyearssince，abodyofchosenscholars，universallyacknowledgedtobethemostfitforthework，undertook，atthecallofEnglish-speakingChristendom，torevisetheauthorizedEnglishversionoftheBible。