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Title: The Open court
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Carus, Paul, 1852-1919 Open Court Publishing company, Chicago
Subjects: Religion Religion and science
Publisher: Chicago : The Open Court Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Morris Library, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Digitizing Sponsor: CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois

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re! But in observing moreclosely, I perceived, especially among the fellahs, that there was aplacid expression upon their faces which showed, if not content,something better:—faith. As I went deeper into their lives I foundamong them a relative happiness, certainly greater than with ourEuropean lower classes. Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise. But theseunlettered people are not by any means untaught, and in what ismost important in life:—humility, obedience to God and their rulers.(even if they do not like them—and therein lies a great virtue,) —resignation, and adoration. Here is certainly a grand basis for hap-piness. Life with them is certainly reduced to its preliminary prin- 422 THE OPEN COURT. cijiles. moral, social, and religious:—to be born, to breathe warm,congenial air all the days of their lives, and to have just enoughto eat to sustain them,—whether herbs, grain, or fruit,—with thefree nutritious water of the Nile to drink and wherein to bathe—
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and above all perfect lil)erty to worship (jod!—What else could theyask? The fellah is not often hungry, though he is often in need offood ; but when he feels the gnawing, and has nothing to eat, hegoes to the Nile and drinks;—and if he is 7rry hungry, he drinksa good deal, and takes a bath! and then goes on with his work^ GLIMPSES OF ISLAM IN EGYPT. 423 refreshed, sustained, content, remembering the Arab proverb: Hewho has tasted a crust of bread has tasted all the stars and all theheavens. ON THE NILE. Not even Cairo nor the Pyramids could satisfy us.—for ourgoal in this land was in Upper Egypt:—the tombs of the greatkings whose gigantic genius and superhuman power builded thesestupendous monuments. So. after a month, we started on this longlonged-for voyage up the Nile. During the first day of our voyage all were occupied with thePyramids which stand along the western shore of the Nile; -—sublime sentinels, keeping count of the passing generations, dynas-ties, and centuri

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