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... of the present work . PHILIP SANFORD MARDEN . LOWELL ,
MASSACHUSETTS , January 12 , 1912 . CONTENTS PART I I . SOWAHEEN IN
EGYPT . . viii PREFACE.
... of the present work . PHILIP SANFORD MARDEN . LOWELL ,
MASSACHUSETTS , January 12 , 1912 . CONTENTS PART I I . SOWAHEEN IN
EGYPT . . viii PREFACE.
Page 19
The truth is that the present Egyptian people , both Mohammedan and Coptic ,
are by education and temperament unfit to administer a government of their own .
And it is in the conflict between Copt and Moslem that most of the current unrest ...
The truth is that the present Egyptian people , both Mohammedan and Coptic ,
are by education and temperament unfit to administer a government of their own .
And it is in the conflict between Copt and Moslem that most of the current unrest ...
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It is true that a price must be paid in something besides money for the present
increase in Egypt ' s prosperity . The erection of the dam at Assuan , for example ,
while it has already added to the productive territory of Egypt an area not far from
...
It is true that a price must be paid in something besides money for the present
increase in Egypt ' s prosperity . The erection of the dam at Assuan , for example ,
while it has already added to the productive territory of Egypt an area not far from
...
Page 27
The Copts early embraced Christianity under the preaching of St . Mark at
Alexandria and their present name is merely a corruption of the Greek word for
Egyptian . Racially they are blood - brothers of the Mohammedan so far as the
latter is ...
The Copts early embraced Christianity under the preaching of St . Mark at
Alexandria and their present name is merely a corruption of the Greek word for
Egyptian . Racially they are blood - brothers of the Mohammedan so far as the
latter is ...
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Its eastern quarters at your feet present a perfect labyrinth . From the muddle of
streets arises a clatter and a tumult muffled by the distance . Far across the city
towers the dome of the museum and away to the west the pyramids rear
themselves ...
Its eastern quarters at your feet present a perfect labyrinth . From the muddle of
streets arises a clatter and a tumult muffled by the distance . Far across the city
towers the dome of the museum and away to the west the pyramids rear
themselves ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Egyptian Days |
| Author | Philip Sanford Marden |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1912 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 9 Dec 2008 |
| Length | 329 pages |
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