(Blunt, 1830, 29:267, Ch. X, Russia).
Chapter X, pp. 267-285. Quote begins on pg. 269. The OCR appears to be perfect and searchable.
In the seventh century of the Christian era, a wandering Arab of the lineage of Hagar, the Egyptian, combining the powers of transcendent genius, with the preternatural energy of a fanatic, and the fraudulent spirit of an impostor, proclaimed himself as a messenger from Heaven, and spread desolation and delusion over an extensive portion of the earth. Adopting from the sublime conception of the Mosaic law, the doctrine of one omnipotent God; he connected indissolubly with it, the audacious falsehood, that he was himself his prophet and apostle. Adopting from the new Revelation of Jesus, the faith and hope of immortal life, and of future retribution, he humbled it to the dust, by adapting all the rewards and sanctions of his religion to the gratification of the sexual passion. He poisoned the sources of human felicity at the fountain, by degrading the condition ofthe female sex, and the allowance of polygamy; and he declared undistinguishing and exterminating war, as a part of his religion, against all the rest of mankind. THE ESSENCE OF HIS DOCTRINE WAS VIOLENCE AND LUST: TO EXALT THE BRUTAL OVER THE SPIRITUAL PART OF HUMAN NATURE.[snip]
Thanks for the efforts. One would think in such a digitalized age an essay by Adams would be accessible somewhere, if a paper copy, I presume these were published, exists.
Nothing on page 269 of this PDF says the word “Adams”, “J. Q. Adams”, “Q. A.”, or any variation thereof. To indicate certain authorship, to be clear. Your quote does not state “authored by”. I pressed CTRL + F - I searched what you provided, it isn’t there. It’s missing.
Neither does page 268. It isn’t there. It’s missing. Neither does page 267, which is the beginning page of that chapter. Neither does page 285, the last page of that chapter where you might expect to see footnotes.
The Table of Contents says nothing about guest contributions. There doesn’t seem to be anything at the back of the provided PDF book at all. It isn’t there, it isn’t anywhere. It’s missing.
If Adams did write this, this PDF does not appear to be offering any evidence at all that he did.
And like I said, I’d like to read it too. It is not a long work, judging by the variants available online. This kind of thing is exactly why I do readings, to enhance visibility. This is exactly the kind of item I’d like to get out there.