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Voices Eeom Dead Nations. By Kenneth R. ...
his own sins . " This suits me , " he said , " and I don't ask where it conies from . That's the business of Syncellus ! " Syncellus astonishes poor Marsham by his indiscretion . How much more does he astonish later and more impartial writers ! * Perizonius followed , in 1711 , with his " Origines Egyptiacse , " but he has been generally
considered to fall into the error of confounding ( after Josephus ) the Jiyksos with the Israelities . But later criticism leaves this an open question . Josephus is the only authority , and we have no right , under those circumstances , to accept his statement and reject his commentary . It would be , however , unprofitable to spend much more time amidst such contradictory and controversial writers . Those who wish to follow in all its sinuosities the tortuous course of
Egyptian chronology , can study Ideler ' s " Hermapion , " or Bunsen s "Egypt ' s Place'in "Universal History : " ! we have only room for general considerations in . this place . Larcher , Heyne , Zoega , Heeren , all turned their attention to
Egyptian chronology , but the unfortunate system of cj ^ cles still remained a stumbling-block by the way . e China and India were appealed to , but in vain ; and when the day was close at hand , still no one believed that Egypt was ever to become one of the most popular archaeological studies of the age . Champollion had not yet appeared—his wonderful genius had not lighted up the darkness ,
nor had a Napoleon risen to advance science and silence doubt . We are now only on the threshold of Egyptian discovery ; and it is a cheering consideration , when we ourselves are engaged in a war , to consider that that dire calamity induced the growth of the ancient
science—may I hope that a similar feeling of liberality may at some time glow in the bosom of our own rulers , and that while Prussia , Tuscany , and France can send forth expedition after expedition to Egypt , and America sweep the oceans with her magnificent
exploring fleets , England will be found ere long willing to aid archaeology in the depths of Egypt ' s deserts , and to support ethnology , the science twin-born with archa ) ology , amidst the coral reefs of the Pacific .
The Signs Oe England.
THE SIGNS OE ENGLAND .
BY ONE WHO HAS PAINTED MANY , SIGN THE Til I'M ) . — FAMES' MEN . We really think that this world , in the present day , is afflicted with . tw o most deplorable tilings . The old plagues , which were so
direful in their consequences , have gone out . Famines arc limited to the . poor who cannot afford to pay ton pence or one shilling for their loaf , and whose penalty it is to have children . Battle , for us English , happens at a distance ; and villages are burnt for us , and * " lUmsen , vol . i . p . 231 . t Strange that the work of Idol or is never mentioned hy . Uu risen !
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Voices Eeom Dead Nations. By Kenneth R. ...
his own sins . " This suits me , " he said , " and I don't ask where it conies from . That's the business of Syncellus ! " Syncellus astonishes poor Marsham by his indiscretion . How much more does he astonish later and more impartial writers ! * Perizonius followed , in 1711 , with his " Origines Egyptiacse , " but he has been generally
considered to fall into the error of confounding ( after Josephus ) the Jiyksos with the Israelities . But later criticism leaves this an open question . Josephus is the only authority , and we have no right , under those circumstances , to accept his statement and reject his commentary . It would be , however , unprofitable to spend much more time amidst such contradictory and controversial writers . Those who wish to follow in all its sinuosities the tortuous course of
Egyptian chronology , can study Ideler ' s " Hermapion , " or Bunsen s "Egypt ' s Place'in "Universal History : " ! we have only room for general considerations in . this place . Larcher , Heyne , Zoega , Heeren , all turned their attention to
Egyptian chronology , but the unfortunate system of cj ^ cles still remained a stumbling-block by the way . e China and India were appealed to , but in vain ; and when the day was close at hand , still no one believed that Egypt was ever to become one of the most popular archaeological studies of the age . Champollion had not yet appeared—his wonderful genius had not lighted up the darkness ,
nor had a Napoleon risen to advance science and silence doubt . We are now only on the threshold of Egyptian discovery ; and it is a cheering consideration , when we ourselves are engaged in a war , to consider that that dire calamity induced the growth of the ancient
science—may I hope that a similar feeling of liberality may at some time glow in the bosom of our own rulers , and that while Prussia , Tuscany , and France can send forth expedition after expedition to Egypt , and America sweep the oceans with her magnificent
exploring fleets , England will be found ere long willing to aid archaeology in the depths of Egypt ' s deserts , and to support ethnology , the science twin-born with archa ) ology , amidst the coral reefs of the Pacific .
The Signs Oe England.
THE SIGNS OE ENGLAND .
BY ONE WHO HAS PAINTED MANY , SIGN THE Til I'M ) . — FAMES' MEN . We really think that this world , in the present day , is afflicted with . tw o most deplorable tilings . The old plagues , which were so
direful in their consequences , have gone out . Famines arc limited to the . poor who cannot afford to pay ton pence or one shilling for their loaf , and whose penalty it is to have children . Battle , for us English , happens at a distance ; and villages are burnt for us , and * " lUmsen , vol . i . p . 231 . t Strange that the work of Idol or is never mentioned hy . Uu risen !