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These “fundamental principles” were declared to be “a brief statement of what is, and has been, with great unanimity, held by them.” (Preface to beliefs) The same statement was published in the 1889, 1905, 1907-1914 Yearbooks. It was prefaced in part: “The following propositions may be taken as a summary of the principal features of their religious faith, upon which there is, so far as we know, entire unanimity throughout the body.” (1889 Yearbook) The statement issued in 1872 stated conservatively that they were held “with great unanimity.” The Yearbook preface to the same statement declared that it was accepted “so far as” they knew with “entire unanimity throughout the body.” See Appendix page 207 for a copy of the complete 1872 Statement.