IN speaking of the Sacred Books of the East, that great American sage and teacher, Emerson, called them that "class of books which are the best: I mean the Bibles of the world, or the sacred books of each nation, which express for each the supreme result of their experience... All these books are the majestic expression of the universal conscience. They are for the closet, and to be read on the bended knee.
IN speaking of the Sacred Books of the East, that great American sage and teacher, Emerson, called them that "class of books which are the best: I mea...
The civilization of Egypt may possibly be as ancient as that of Babylonia. Recent scholars incline to regard that of Babylonia as the older of the two, and the other as perhaps an off-shoot from it; but in that case the younger branch outgrew the parent in both wisdom and culture. Perhaps the swifter blossoming of Egyptian thought - if we may call a progress swift when it extended over unknown thousands of years - was due to the more secluded character of Egypt's situation.
The civilization of Egypt may possibly be as ancient as that of Babylonia. Recent scholars incline to regard that of Babylonia as the older of the two...