Excerpt from The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken From the Plates of Nephi<br><br>The Book of Mormon was the entering wedge which began the division of this odd slice of religious enthusiasm from the great body of faith and doctrine which existed before its pretended discovery. A true and a false version of the story of the origin of the book are in circulation, but in a dis~ torted and incorrect fashion. The Mormon faith having its groundwork in the pages of the Golden Bible, it becomes a matter of no inconsiderable interest to cull the truth from the heterogeneous collection of myths and fables which have purported to give the history of the volume. We shall produce abundant testimony on both sides, giving the official record of the divine authenticity which the Mormons claim for the work, and offsetting that record with the Gentile version establishing each statement from the certified authority, and weighing the evidence on both sides of the question, with a careful regard to the elimination of the facts.<br><br>I. What are the proofs of the Divine authenticity of the Book of Mormon.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>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.