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Title: What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: Rawson, Albert L. (Albert Leighton), 1829-1902 Hagar, George J. (George Jotham), 1847-1921
Subjects: Religions
Publisher: New York, Gay Brothers & company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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