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Title: Ridpath's Universal history : an account of the origin, primitive condition and ethnic development of the great races of mankind, and of the principal events in the evolution and progress of the civilized life among men and nations, from recent and authentic sources with a preliminary inquiry on the time, place and manner of the beginning
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Ridpath, John Clark, 1840-1900
Subjects: World history
Publisher: Cincinnati : Jones
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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ofthe primitive state of the Hebrew fa-thers oive ns idvl after Prevalence of . . ^ . the pastoral life idyl, eomposed in many in- in Canaan. . , . , .,, r- stances with poetic skill, orthe manner of life of the progenitors ofIsrael in the patriarchical age. Therethey are upon the open plain with theirflocks and herds. There are their tents,pitched now in this place and now inthat, according to the abundance of na- resources of clan life were easily andabundantly obtained. We are here face to face with the firstquestion of importance in consideringthe ethnic life of the people, and thatis, the food supply by which the givenpeople is supported. The sources of foodsustenance of life is the r2^^^/°f,\ and nerds of the first of all considerations. Hebrews.All that a man hath wdll he give in ex-change for his life. The first concernof men in all conditions whatsoever is toprovide the resources by which their ex-istence is to be preserved from day today. Hunger is the first disciplinarian
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FLOCKS AND HERDS.—Couniing the Sheep.—Drawn by Paul Hardy, from a phuiograph. lure or the exigency of the season. Theclan abides together. Anon it dividesinto several clans. The outdoor life isprevalent. The indoor life is almostunknown. The absence of civilizinginstitutions is compensated bv longevity,freedom, and happiness. Doubtless itwas, on the whole, an estate of plenty.The tradition of that far age has nothingto say of disease, and nothing of want,except in the rare instance of famine.So long as the earth did her part, the of the world—the first teacher of man-kind—a hard master, but not withoutgenerosity and benevolent instincts forthe human race. In common with their kindred racesthe Hebrews had their first dependenceupon their flocks and herds. The latterabounded. We must remember thatthe Syrian plains were then a new coun-try. Vast is the difference between thenew country and the old—between theexuberance, the grassy wealth, the wild- THE HEBREWS.—EVOLUTION OF T

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