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 galaxy of prophets; in fact, it would appear that today most men, of whatever religion, rank him either as one of the noblest in the list of the world's benefactors, or easily and incomparably first. Shall we call this another fact?

I do not know of any who suggest that he was insane. May this not be another fact?

I do not know of any who call him an impostor. There are those who assert that he did not make the personal claims about himself which are contained in the New Testament, but no one today, so far as I know, calls him an impostor. Another fact?

Now, in résumé of these four facts, we will probably all admit that Jesus actually lived and died in Palestine about the time he was supposed to have lived; that he preached some kind of doctrine to the Jews and was put to death by the Romans; that his teachings and his life were superior to the teachings and life of any other man of whom we have any record, that he was not insane, nor was he an impostor.

The next fact would be that all we know of him is contained in the collection of writings which we call the Bible, except for a few confirmatory statements in profane history.