Excerpt from The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, Vol. 47: Comprehending the Various Branches of Science, the Liberal and Fine Arts, Geology, Agriculture, Manufactures and Commerce; For January, February, March, April, May, and June, 1816 An auxiliary argument of Dr. Prichard's is, that it would be imputing a palpable absurdity to Moses to suppose him speaking of days in the literal meaning of the word, before the creation of the sun. But may it not be asked, whether the imputation of absurdity would be greatly diminished by Dr. Prichard's al ternative of making him include an indefinite period of great length, in an evening and a morning? In this view, there fore, the assumed figurative sense does not seem to have much advantage over the literal. With the indulgence, however, of a little of the privilege of conjecture, so freely used by others on this subject, it will not be difficult to clear the literal/sense from its apparent inconsistency. 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.