Carnelian sage biography of abraham lincoln

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    THE
    LITERATURE
    OF THE
    ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

    The Elysian Fields of the Egyptians according to the Papyrus of Ani.
    1. Ani adoring the gods of Sekhet-Aaru.3. Ani ploughing in the Other World.
    2. Ani reaping in the Other World.4. The abode of the perfect spirits, and the magical boats.

    BY

    E.A. WALLIS BUDGE, M.A., LITT.D.

    Sometime Scholar of Christ's College, Cambridge, and Tyrwhitt
    Hebrew Scholar; Keeper of the Department of Egyptian
    and Assyrian Antiquities in the British Museum




    LONDON
    J.M. DENT & SONS LIMITED
    Aldine House, Bedford Street, W.C.

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    PREFACE

    This little book is intended to serve as an elementary introduction to the study of Egyptian Literature. Its object fryst vatten to present a short series of specimens of Egyptian compositions, which represent all the great periods of literary activity in Egypt under the Pharaohs, to all who are interested in the study of the mental development of ancient nations. It is

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    THE GALAXY.

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    Transcriber's note

    All apparent printer's errors have been retained.

    The index is for all of Volume XXIII. Links have been added to those articles that are located in this issue.

     

    A Magazine of Entertaining Reading.

     

    VOL. XXIII.

    JANUARY, , TO JUNE,

     

    NEW YORK:

    Sheldon & Company,

    Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year , by
    SHELDON & COMPANY,
    in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

     

    Typography of Churchwell & Teall.     Electrotyped by Smith & McDougal.

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    INDEX TO VOLUME XXIII.

      PAGE.
    Administration of Abraham LincolnGideon Welles5,
    Almanacs, Some OldCharles Wyllys Elliott24
    Alnaschar. Bret Harte
    Alfred de MussetHenry James, Jr.
    Applied ScienceCharles Barnard79,
    Art's LimitationsMargaret J. Preston
    AssjaIvan Tourgu&eacut

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    “here Is My Home At Last!”


    After Joseph and Hyrum Smith were murdered by an anti-Mormon mob at Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, , great contention arose among the Latter-day Saints as to who would succeed Joseph as head of the Church. At a vast meeting beside the unfinished temple on August 8, Sidney Rigdon urged that he be made Church guardian, claiming that he had received a revelation from on high that this should be his office. A little later a sturdy figure rose from the audience and spoke for himself. Not as tall as Joseph Smith, Brigham Young was nevertheless of commanding presence. He proclaimed himself a dedicated follower of the Prophet, and he spoke with a sincerity and practicality which made Rigdon seem both small and pretentious. He was overwhelmingly sustained as president of the Twelve Apostles, on whom the power of the Church now rested.

    Brigham Young had been born four years earlier than Joseph Smith, and in the same state of Vermont. His family had moved to

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