The advocate., 1891-04-15

ness. on ancient Egypt the historian
says:
have said that husbandmen particularly and
those who took care OF docks, were In great es
tenn ln Egypt. 10 was indeed,
10 those Two professions, that Egypt owed ita
riches and plenty. 10 Ia astonishing 10 reflect
what advantages tho Egyptians, by their art and
labor, drsW from q country OF no great eXtont,
but whose soil was made wonderfully fruitful by
The foundations OF tho Nile, and the labOriOus
industry OF tho inhabitants
10 viii always bo 10 with every kingdom,
whose governors direct all their actions 10 the
public welfare. The culture VI lands and the
breeding OF CATTLE will DO an ineXhaustible fund
OF wealth In all countries, where, as In Egypt,
these profitable calllngs are supported and on
cOuFagsd by maxims OF state and policy.
II IL from them that the most elevated ranks (as
We esteem them are furnished, not only with
the neceaaarIes, but even with tho luXunes OF
llie. For, says Abbe FIeury, In his admirable
work, OF tho MannersOf the Israel,tes, Whero the
subject am upon ID thoroughly examined, 70 "a
ihe peGsdHt DhO teSds thS 0ittyen, te mdGietrdie,
the gentlemen, tho coolestdstio' and tOhGteUr an.
ttaOe and Graft mdy he used % 0OnDCrt money IN
10 commodities and tteSe bach again into mOneD;
Det all N1igt ultimately DO Oipned b be rGgCiUcd
from the products Of the earth, and he animals
tOhioh u Sistdins and ROurishcs. Nevertheless,
tOhen 900 compare mems different stdtiOns Of We
tOgetpT, zoe gtDe t0 lowest place 20 mo hllsbGnd
man; and Utth mdny people a tDedlthy citizen.
eneTUdted iDith slOih, useless 10 enc pibNC and
UOid Of merit, has tls preference, merely because
ho hGs WOre money and hUes u more easy and
No.
But leo ne imagine 30 OurselpCs a country
WhCr6 40 great n di6CTonCo is not made bettCeCn
the seDcTGl conditions; iOherS the hte Of noble
man "a not made to consist IN idicnCss and doing
nothing, but tn careful preservation Of ho
liberty; that "a Nv duo alhjeOttOn b the lGiOs
and me constitution; by a mdn's subsisttaO upon
hts Cstdto t0ithOt dependence on anyone, and
betng cOntcnted % eniOy a httlC wlth liberty,
rather than great deaf at he price Of mean
and base oomplGncco; oO,RtrU lDNose slOth,
e6emindOy and the ignorance Of things ReOes-
sdrU for lVe are held IN jltst oOntempi; and
WheTe pleasure "a lCss valued than health and
bOduy strength; IN such country 70 iOU be
much more for mans reputation 10 plough and
keep ROCks than 10 Ddste dlJ his hours IN sduRtcr.
mo from place 10 place IN gaming and erpenstUe
diversions.
But we need not have recourse 10 Plato's CON-
mOnwealth for instances OF men who have led
these useful lives. II was thus that the greatest
part OF mankind lived during near four thousand
years, and that not only Ghe Israeites, but the
Egyptians, the Greeks and the Romans, chat is
TO say nations the most civilized and the most
renowned for arms and wisdom. They all incul-
cate the regard which ought to be paid 10 agrl-
culture and tho breeding OF cattle, one Of which
without saying anything OF hemp and fax, 80
necessary for our ClOthing) supplies us by corn,
fruits and pulse, with not only plentiful but de-
llCiOua nOurlshment; and the other, besides los
supply OF exquisite meats 10 cover our tables,
almost alone gives life 10 manufactures and
trade by the skins and stuHs IL furnishes
AS with the Egyptians, 80 with the
Peraians, agriculture was the especial
care Of the princes. OF them the his
tOriap observes:
have already said chat agriculture was one Of
the principal objects on which che PeFAans
bestowed their care and attention. Indeed one
OF tho princes irst cares was 10 make husbaRdrY
flourish. As there were Offices
erected for the regulation Of the military part OF
tho government; so were there likewise for the
their rural IabOrs and economy. For
these two emplOymenta.had near relation; the
business OF the ono being TO guard the country
and the Cthor 10 cultivate II, The primes pro.
tected both with almost the same degree Of af.
feCtiOR. He descended 20 far
Into those particulars, az XenOphAn remarks OF
Cyrus the younger, AS to inform himself whether
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