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IS 278.2
Story of an Emigrant.
The renowned Sphinx is hewn out of the solid rock. It is
in a reclining position, and, although partly buried by sand,
I could easily trace its back for a distance of thirty paces.
At the foot of the pyramid I met an Arabian chief, a
gesture from whom showed me that lie belonged to the mystic
brotherhood of Free Masons, which gaye rise to warm
handshaking, and an interesting conversation through the aid of
my interpreter. In pressing the hand of this son of the desert
sighing under despotism, and reading the feelings of his
heart through the wrinkles of his face, while he talked of the
great country in the West, whence I came, and whose free
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institutions, granting equal rights to all, were to him a
TIIE PYRAMIDS AND TIIK SPHINX.
heavenly light pointing forward and upward, I felt more
deeply than ever before what a blessing it is to be a citizen of a
commonwealth where a man is measured, not by his birth
or his wealth, but by his own personal merits.
Returning to Cairo the remainder of the day was spent in
the Boulak museum, am»ong the most wonderful antiquities
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