Excerpt from The Religious State From time to time the traveller came to other cottages on his route, where he was kindly treated and where he found new guides. He thus continued his journey during the entire night. As the first rays of the dawn illumined the horizon, the traveller arrived safely at the extremity of the dangerous forest. It was now that be fully understood for the first time the great kindness of the old man and his sons. He beheld at his feet a frightful abyss from which arose the hoarse roar of a distant torrent. 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.