Reflections on Lessing's Fragments

A decorative horizontal border ornament at the top of the page, featuring symmetrical scrolling foliage and floral motifs.

In the upper right corner is a small square stamp or mark depicting a crown with five floral points, accompanied by the letters 'B', 'V', 'O', and 'S' at the corners.

My dear Horus!

The name "Horus" is likely a reference to the controversial "Fragments" of Hermann Samuel Reimarus, published by G.E. Lessing, or a similar Enlightenment-era critique of the Bible that circulated under that name.

What will you likely think when this book comes before your eyes, and you see from it that an unlearned man Ungelehrter: a layperson or individual without formal academic or theological training has dared to offer his reflections upon the system of teaching and opinion presented to the world for examination in your learned work? I have made these reflections with the very same unconstrained frankness as you have used regarding the Revelation of Saint John, the prophetic prophecies of the Messiah, as well as Jesus himself and his disciples. In this, there is only this one difference between us: that you have accompanied your concepts with a poisonous mockery, whereas mine are only well-founded, con-