The Provential Order of the World
The Provential Order of the World
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The destroyer in the case of the Canaan ites was Israel, in the case of Car- thage, Rome. The motives in either case might be far from perfect, but at least, in the hands of Rome, the execution was thorough. Carthage was destroyed, and her memory obliterated.
The feeling awakened by the monumental story of ancient Egypt is one of perplexed interest. The relig- ion of that land has been well called the religion of mystery. Everything connected with it is mysterious, and as such at once repulsive... and fascinating. Its sculpture, as combining adherence to proportion in form with a lack of personal expression, especially in the statues of the gods, where the features are stereo- typed — noble, but without individuality ; its hiero- 200 THE PROVIDENTIAL OllDEH glj'phic, which fascinates by the consciousness that mind produced the signs and embodied thought therein, 3'et repels by the opaque veil which hides the thought from view ; its embalming of the dead, which bears testimony to a belief in the life beyond, that touches a sympa- thetic chord in our hearts, yet repels b}^ the ghastly, vain struggle against the law of coi-ruption exhibited in the mummy.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The destroyer in the case of the Canaan ites was Israel, in the case of Car- thage, Rome. The motives in either case might be far from perfect, but at least, in the hands of Rome, the execution was thorough. Carthage was destroyed, and her memory obliterated.
The feeling awakened by the monumental story of ancient Egypt is one of perplexed interest. The relig- ion of that land has been well called the religion of mystery. Everything connected with it is mysterious, and as such at once repulsive... and fascinating. Its sculpture, as combining adherence to proportion in form with a lack of personal expression, especially in the statues of the gods, where the features are stereo- typed — noble, but without individuality ; its hiero- 200 THE PROVIDENTIAL OllDEH glj'phic, which fascinates by the consciousness that mind produced the signs and embodied thought therein, 3'et repels by the opaque veil which hides the thought from view ; its embalming of the dead, which bears testimony to a belief in the life beyond, that touches a sympa- thetic chord in our hearts, yet repels b}^ the ghastly, vain struggle against the law of coi-ruption exhibited in the mummy.
What to read after The Provential Order of the World?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Alexander Balmain Bruce to read onlineMoreLess
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