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The occult^ and mystic lore
of Druidism, though containing
principles of inestimable value
in the elements of language^ Avas
neither intended^ nor calculated^
for that general prevalence, and
reception, which could alone
have ascertained, and recorded,
this branch of its oracles, with
precision.
Simplicity of manners, and
superstitious credulity, which con-
stituted the most prominent
features of character in the vo-
taries of that rehgion, obstructed